Can China meet its ambitious emissions targets?
This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Michael Davidson, a leading scholar on China’s environmental policy, who holds joint appointments at UC San Diego as an assistant professor at the School of Glob...
7 Okt 20211h 5min
How the Chinese state handles labor unrest, with Manfred Elfstrom
This week, Kaiser chats with Manfred Elfstrom, an assistant professor in the Department of Economics, Philosophy, and Political Science at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan. Manfred’s new b...
30 Sep 20211h 5min
The benefits of engagement with China, defined: An audit of the S&ED
This week on the Sinica Podcast, Kaiser welcomes former Acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Susan Thornton to discuss a recently published audit of the Strategic and ...
23 Sep 20211h 32min
What's the deal with the Red New Deal?
This week on Sinica, Kaiser and Jeremy welcome Lizzi Lee (李其 Lǐ Qi), SupChina contributor and host of the excellent Chinese-language YouTube channel Wall Street Today, and Jude Blanchette, Freeman Ch...
16 Sep 20211h 17min
The state of the field: U.S. China programs, with Rosie Levine and Jan Berris of the NCUSCR
Last month, the National Committee on United States-China Relations (NCUSCR) published a report for the Carnegie Corporation of New York titled “American International Relations and Security Programs ...
9 Sep 20211h 11min
The paradox of vast corruption and fast growth in China's "Gilded Age"
If corruption is a drag on economic growth, why does China appear to have undergone some of its fastest growth during its periods of deepest corruption? This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Yuen Yue...
2 Sep 20211h 17min
Harvard’s William Overholt on Esquel, cotton sanctions, and forced Uyghur labor
This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with William (Bill) Overholt, senior research fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and a veteran China-watcher whose career has run the gamut f...
26 Aug 20211h 9min
Historian Adam Tooze on why China’s modern history should matter to Americans
This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with the Columbia historian Adam Tooze, who returns to the program a year after his first appearance. A prolific writer and wide-ranging public intellectual, Adam was...
19 Aug 20211h 2min
