China’s Ukraine conundrum, with Evan Feigenbaum
This week on the Sinica Podcast, Kaiser chats with Evan Feigenbaum, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, former vice-chairman of the Paulson Institute, and (du...
9 Mars 20221h 14min
Biden's China policy needs to be more than "Trump lite:" A conversation with Jeff Bader
This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Jeff Bader, who served as senior director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council during the first years of the Obama presidency, until 2011. Now a se...
3 Mars 20221h 27min
Veteran diplomat Bill Klein recalls the turbulent Trump years at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing
This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with William (Bill) Klein, who served as acting deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing from 2016 to mid-2021. In a wide-ranging conversation, he offer...
24 Feb 20221h 6min
What China is reading and why it matters: A conversation with author Megan Walsh
This week on the Sinica Podcast, Kaiser chats with Megan Walsh, journalist, literary critic, and author of the brand-new book The Subplot: What China Is Reading and Why It Matters. The book offers an ...
17 Feb 20221h
China's ideological landscape, with Jason Wu
This week on the Sinica Podcast, Kaiser chats with Indiana University political scientist Jason Wu about his work on China's ideological landscape. With so many now framing the contest between the U.S...
10 Feb 202259min
Why the law matters in China, with Jeremy Daum of Yale's Paul Tsai China Law Center
This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Jeremy Daum, senior research scholar in law and senior fellow at Yale University's Paul Tsai China Center. Jeremy runs ChinaLawTranslate.com, a Wiki-style resour...
3 Feb 202252min
Personality and political discontent in China, with Rory Truex
This week on the Sinica Podcast, Kaiser welcomes back Rory Truex, who teaches politics and international affairs at Princeton. In a fascinating as-yet-unpublished paper, Rory draws on extensive survey...
27 Jan 20221h 3min
Dan Wang on China in 2021: "Common prosperity," cultural stunting, and shortcomings of the "modal China story
This week on the Sinica Podcast, Kaiser welcomes back Dan Wang, technology analyst at Gavekal Dragonomics, to talk about this year's annual letter. Dan's letters have become something of an institutio...
20 Jan 20221h 15min
