Best Kaiser Kuo Podcasts (2024)

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Political Scientist Iza Ding on Authoritarianism, Legitimacy, and "Resilience" 1:00:10

1d ago1:00:10

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This week on Sinica, Iza Ding, associate professor of political science at Northwestern University and author of The Performative State: Public Scrutiny and Environmental Governance in China, joins to share her ideas on how American academia has framed and problematized authoritarianism, especially when it comes to China. A deep and subtle thinker,…

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The View from China: Leading IR scholar Da Wei of Tsinghua's CISS 1:25:27

8d ago1:25:27

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This week on Sinica, I'm delighted to welcome Dá Wēi (达巍), one of China’s foremost scholars of China’s foreign relations and especially relations with the U.S. Da Wei is the director of the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and is a professor in the department of International Relations at the …

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Did Netflix's Adaptation Ruin The Three-Body Problem? 1:09:43

15d ago1:09:43

1:09:43

This week on Sinica, a discussion of Netflix's adaptation of Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem (or more accurately, Remembrance of Earth's Past). Joining me to chat about the big-budget show is Cindy Yu, host of The Spectator’s “Chinese Whispers” podcast, one of the very best China-focused podcasts; and Christopher T. Fan, who teaches English, Asi…

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Live from AAS in Seattle: What has become clear to you recently? 49:19

23d ago49:19

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This week on Sinica: I wandered the halls at the Association for Asian Studies Conference in Seattle and talked to 14 participants and asked them all the same question: What has become clear to you about our field recently? The fantastic diversity of areas of inquiry and of perspectives was really energizing. Hope you enjoy this as much as I did! 0…

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Back to the Future: David M. Lampton and Thomas Fingar on What Went Wrong and How to Fix It 1:24:15

1M ago1:24:15

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This week on Sinica, I speak with veteran China analysts Thomas Fingar and David M. Lampton — Mike Lampton — about a paper they published in the Winter 2024 edition of the Washington Quarterly. It's an excellent overview of how and why the bilateral relationship took such a bad turn roughly 15 years ago, citing mistakes both sides made and the reas…

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Kerry Brown: on What does the West Wants from China, and the Exercise of Chinese Power 1:30:36

1M ago1:30:36

1:30:36

This week on the Sinica Podcast, a show taped in Salzburg, Austria, at the Salzburg Global Seminar with Kerry Brown of King's College, London, on the prolific author's latest book, China Incorporated: The Politics of a World Where China is Number One. 05:22 – Chinese worldview and historical perceptions 07:51 – The unease with China's rise 10:42 – …

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Historian Rana Mitter on ideology in China's "New Era" — live from Salzburg, Austria 1:07:36

1M ago1:07:36

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Historian Rana Mitter joins Sinica this week in a show taped live in Salzburg, Austria at the Salzburg Global Seminar, in which he discusses efforts by Party ideologists to create a Confucian-Marxist synthesis that can serve as an enduring foundation for a modern Chinese worldview in the self-proclaimed “new era.” 01:28 – Is China a revisionist pow…

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Schwarzman Scholars Capstone Showcase: The 2023 Winners 1:24:09

2M ago1:24:09

1:24:09

This week on Sinica, the winners of the 2023 Schwarzman Capstone Showcase. Two individuals and one team were selected as the best research projects after review of their projects and presentation of their findings. Their work is first-rate — and if you don’t factor in the very young age of the Schwarzman Scholars in competition. You’ll meet Shawn H…

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The Ukrainian Factor in China's Strategy: a roundtable 1:27:05

2M ago1:27:05

1:27:05

This week on Sinica, a special taping of an online event I moderated on February 22, just two days shy of the second anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The session was titled “The Ukrainian Factor in China’s Strategy,” and it was organized by the Ukrainian Association of Sinologists, and featured that organiza…

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Peter Hessler, live at Duke University's Nasher Museum 1:19:26

2M ago1:19:26

1:19:26

This week on Sinica I'm delighted to bring you a live conversation with writer Peter Hessler, recorded at Duke University's Nasher Auditorium in Durham, North Carolina on November 10, 2023. The event was sponsored by the Duke Middle East Studies Center and the Asian Pacific Studies Institute, and was titled "Modern Revolutions in Ancient Civilizati…

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This Week in China's History: The Qing Abdication — February 12, 1912 12:16

2M ago12:16

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Sinica is proud to present historian James Carter's column "This Week in China's History," one of the most popular offerings from the late great China Project. I'm delighted to be able to bring this back and to narrate it. You can expect a new column every other week, and we'll be publishing on Fridays. This week, Jay looks at the last Qing emperor…

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Sinica comes roaring back in the Year of the Dragon: A chat with Jeremy Goldkorn 1:26:39

2M ago1:26:39

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Sinica is back, and on this first post-China Project show, Kaiser chats with TCP’s ex-editor-in-chief and Sinica’s co-founder and former co-host, Jeremy Goldkorn. They chat about the Beijing that was, their theories as to why things changed as they did, and share some of their favorite precepts for understanding contemporary China. 03:15 – What’s n…

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Live from New York: China and the Global South, with Maria Repnikova and Eric Olander 1:02:36

6M ago1:02:36

1:02:36

This week on Sinica, a live recording from New York on the eve of the 2023 NEXTChina Conference. Jeremy Goldkorn joins Kaiser as co-host, with guests Maria Repnikova of Georgia State University, who specializes in Chinese soft power in Africa and on Sino-Russian relations, and Eric Olander, co-founder of the China Global South Project and co-host o…

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Jean-François Di Meglio on China, the EU, and the US 21:56

6M ago21:56

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In this episode, Jean-François di Meglio, the President of Asia Centre, discussed EU-China relations and his professional experiences in international finance with David Fields, CEAS Associate Director. Asia Centre is a Paris-based independent research institute which focuses on international and economic relations with countries in the Asia Pacifi…

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Live from New York: China and the Global South, with Maria Repnikova and Eric Olander 1:02:36

6M ago1:02:36

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This week on Sinica, a live recording from New York on the eve of the 2023 NEXTChina Conference. Jeremy Goldkorn joins Kaiser as co-host, with guests Maria Repnikova of Georgia State University, who specializes in Chinese soft power in Africa and on Sino-Russian relations, and Eric Olander, co-founder of the China Global South Project and co-host o…

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In Memoriam: Jeffrey A. Bader, from February 2022 1:28:33

6M ago1:28:33

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This week on Sinica, we're running an interview with Jeffrey Bader from early last year. We learned on Monday morning that Jeff had died, and we dedicate this interview to his memory. ___ 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 …

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In Memoriam: Jeffrey A. Bader, from February 2022 1:28:33

6M ago1:28:33

1:28:33

This week on Sinica, I'm re-running an interview with Jeffrey Bader from early last year. I learned on Monday morning that Jeff had died, and I dedicate this interview to his memory. ___ 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 O…

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Live from Chicago: Decoding China — China’s economic miracle interrupted? 55:34

6M ago55:34

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This week on Sinica, a live recording from October 10 in Chicago, Kaiser asks Chang-Tai Hsieh of the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, Damien Ma of the Paulson Institute’s think tank MacroPolo, and our own Lizzi Lee, host of The Signal with Lizzi Lee, to right-size the peril that the Chinese economy now faces from slow consumer…

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Live from Chicago: Decoding China — China’s economic miracle interrupted? 55:34

6M ago55:34

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This week on Sinica, a live recording from October 10 in Chicago, Kaiser asks Chang-Tai Hsieh of the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, Damien Ma of the Paulson Institute’s think tank MacroPolo, and our own Lizzi Lee, host of The Signal with Lizzi Lee, to right-size the peril that the Chinese economy now faces from slow consumer…

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The Caixin-Sinica Business Brief ep. 248: China's clean car exports surge 11:13

7M ago11:13

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Four arrested in India on alleged links to Vivo money laundering investigation, Golden Week tourism revenues top pre-pandemic levels, but just barely, and China set to sell a record amount of offshore yuan sovereign debt. In addition, Kelsey Cheng talks about Nio's challenges in China's competitive EV market. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com…

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Robert Daly of the Kissinger Institute on the morality of U.S. China policy 2:09:09

7M ago2:09:09

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This week on the Sinica Podcast: a lecture by Robert Daly, director of the Wilson Center's Kissinger Institute, delivered last year to D.C.-based Faith & Law at their Friday Forum. The lecture, titled "Is Our Foreign Policy Good? American Moral Absolutism and the China Challenge," is a powerful and thought-provoking talk. Kaiser follows up with a l…

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Robert Daly of the Kissinger Institute on the morality of U.S. China policy 2:09:09

7M ago2:09:09

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This week on the Sinica Podcast: a lecture by Robert Daly, director of the Wilson Center's Kissinger Institute, delivered last year to D.C.-based Faith & Law at their Friday Forum. The lecture, titled "Is Our Foreign Policy Good? American Moral Absolutism and the China Challenge," is a powerful and thought-provoking talk. Kaiser follows up with a l…

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China Tobacco: How China's tobacco monopoly also has ensured that China keeps smoking 1:15:49

7M ago1:15:49

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This week on Sinica, Kaiser is joined by Jason McLure, a correspondent for a new investigative reporting outfit called The Examination, and reporter Jude Chan, who writes for Initium Media. The two worked with two other reporters on a fascinating expose, funded by the Pulitzer Center, of China's tobacco monopoly, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administ…

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China Tobacco: How China's tobacco monopoly also has ensured that China keeps smoking 1:15:49

7M ago1:15:49

1:15:49

This week on Sinica, Kaiser is joined by Jason McLure, a correspondent for a new investigative reporting outfit called The Examination, and reporter Jude Chan, who writes for Initium Media. The two worked with two other reporters on a fascinating expose, funded by the Pulitzer Center, of China's tobacco monopoly, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administ…

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The Philadelphia Orchestra commemorates the 50th anniversary of its groundbreaking China tour 54:34

7M ago54:34

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This week on Sinica, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1950 concert tour of China by the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1973, Kaiser chats with Matías Tarnopolsky, the orchestra’s president and chief executive; Alison Friedman, executive and creative director of Carolina Performing Arts; and virtuoso guzheng player and composer Wu Fei about…

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The Philadelphia Orchestra commemorates the 50th anniversary of its groundbreaking China tour 54:34

7M ago54:34

54:34

This week on Sinica, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1950 concert tour of China by the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1973, Kaiser chats with Matías Tarnopolsky, the orchestra’s president and chief executive; Alison Friedman, executive and creative director of Carolina Performing Arts; and virtuoso guzheng player and composer Wu Fei about…

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The Caixin-Sinica Business Brief ep. 247: Corporate America’s optimism about China Is fading 13:30

7M ago13:30

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This week on the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief: U.S. firms reported falling optimism for their China operations amid concerns over Sino-U.S. tensions, but many are still planning to boost investment in the country; Chinese steelmakers come out strong despite property slump; and troubled Zhongzhi-linked financial institution asks two state-owned comp…

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Ian Johnson on "Sparks," his new book on China's underground historians 1:07:33

7M ago1:07:33

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This week on Sinica, Pulitzer Prize-winning veteran journalist Ian Johnson, now a senior China fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins Kaiser to discuss his new book, Sparks" China's Underground HIstorians and their Battle for the Future. Profiling both prominent and lesser-known individuals working to expose dark truths about some of the…

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Ian Johnson on his new book on China's underground historians 1:07:33

7M ago1:07:33

1:07:33

This week on Sinica, Pulitzer Prize-winning veteran journalist Ian Johnson, now a senior China fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins Kaiser to discuss his new book, Sparks" China's Underground HIstorians and their Battle for the Future. Profiling both prominent and lesser-known individuals working to expose dark truths about some of the…

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The Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, ep. 246: The EU announces probe Into Chinese EV subsidies, and Chinese gov denies reports of an iPhone ban 15:23

8M ago15:23

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This week on the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief: The EU says it will launch an investigation into Chinese subsidies for electric vehicles in a bid to ward off cheap imports, a move Beijing says could negatively impact trade ties. Beijing denies that it has banned Apple iPhones in government agencies. And the PBOC lowers reserve requirement ratios to …

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U.S. Congressman Rick Larsen (D-WA) on his new U.S.-China policy white paper 45:11

8M ago45:11

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This week on Sinica, Kaiser speaks with Representative Rick Larsen of the Washington 2nd District, the co-founder and continuously serving Democratic co-chair of the bipartisan U.S.-China Working Group. Last month, he published a white paper outlining his recommendations for how the U.S. can more effectively compete. That paper and its recommendati…

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