The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: a conversation with John Pomfret on his new book
John Pomfret was 14 years old when Henry Kissinger began interacting with China in secret. He took his fascination to Stanford University’s East Asian Studies program, where he was among a select grou...
15 Dec 20161h
Beijing Meets Banjo: Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn
Wu Fei is a classically trained composer and performer of the guzheng, or traditional Chinese 21-string zither. Abigail Washburn is a Grammy Award–winning American banjo player and fluent speaker of C...
8 Dec 20161h 7min
Edward Wong on foreign correspondence and dealing with censorship in China
Edward Wong became a reporter for The New York Times in 1999. He covered the Iraq war from Baghdad from 2003 to 2007, and then moved to Beijing in 2008. He has written about a wide range of subjects i...
1 Dec 201646min
Books, podcasts and the history of science in China with Carla Nappi
In addition to teaching history at the University of British Columbia, Carla Nappi hosts the New Books in East Asian Studies and New Books in Science, Technology and Society podcasts. She is also the...
22 Nov 201647min
The delights of cooking Chinese food: A conversation with chef and author Fuchsia Dunlop
In this episode of the Sinica Podcast, Kaiser and Jeremy talk to Fuchsia about her time at the Sichuan Higher Institute of Cuisine, how she chooses recipes for her books and the gamut of flavors of Ch...
17 Nov 201639min
How has China changed in the past four decades? A conversation with John Holden
John Holden has one word of advice for people trying to understand China: humility. "Anybody who tries to come to grips with China, a country with a very rich civilization, a long history... You just ...
10 Nov 201645min
How will Donald Trump’s victory impact China and U.S.-China relations?
The U.S. election is over, and Donald Trump’s pundit-defying victory over Hillary Clinton has stunned and surprised people all over the world. In China — where activity on Weibo and WeChat indicated s...
10 Nov 201651min
Love and journalism in wartime China: An interview with Bill Lascher
When journalist Bill Lascher received an old typewriter from his grandmother and was told it belonged to “my cousin the war correspondent,” he set off on a search to learn more about the life of Melvi...
3 Nov 201646min
