COVID-19 origins revisited, with Deborah Seligsohn
Shortly after Deborah Seligsohn was last on Sinica, in April, the lab leak hypothesis seemed suddenly to gain traction — at least in American media. This week, Kaiser invites Deborah back to the show ...
17 Juni 20211h 1min
Journalist Andrew Jones on China's space program
This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Andrew Jones, a Helsinki-based reporter who over the last several years has secured a place as the go-to English-language journalist covering China’s space progr...
10 Juni 20211h 15min
Chinese college students in the U.S., with Yingyi Ma
This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Yingyi Ma, an associate professor of sociology at Syracuse University and the author of the book Ambitious and Anxious: How Chinese College Students Succeed and ...
3 Juni 20211h 26min
China, Russia, and the U.S.: Does the 'strategic triangle' still matter?
Have China and Russia entered into a de facto anti-American alliance? Is Russia, which in Soviet days was for a time the “older brother” to Mao’s China, now comfortable with playing junior partner to ...
27 Maj 20211h 8min
Orville Schell on his novel, My Old Home: A Novel of Exile
Veteran China scholar Orville Schell has written a dozen books on China, but his latest book — which Schell published at the age of 80 — is his first novel. My Old Home: A Novel of Exile is a bildungs...
20 Maj 202149min
Margaret Lewis on ethnic profiling in the DOJ's China Initiative
This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Margaret (Maggie) Lewis, a professor of law at Seton Hall University, about her work on the U.S. Department of Justice’s “China Initiative.” Launched under forme...
13 Maj 202150min
China’s Heart of Darkness
Prince Han Fei, or Hán Fēizǐ 韓非子, is perhaps the most influential Chinese thinker that many Westerners have never heard of. With Jeremy hosting Sinica this week, we bring to you a conversation recorde...
6 Maj 202158min
U.S.-China climate cooperation in a competitive age
This week on Sinica, after an eventful week of climate-change-focused meetings, including U.S. special climate envoy John Kerry’s trip to China, the U.S.-hosted Leaders Summit on Climate convened on A...
29 Apr 20211h 6min
