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Sinica Podcast

A weekly discussion of current affairs in China with journalists, writers, academics, policymakers, business people and anyone with something compelling to say about the country that's reshaping the world. Hosted by Kaiser Kuo.

Talking Past Each Other: Pallavi Aiyar on India, China, and the Case for Cognitive Empathy
Aug 2026
0:00 / 79:52
The Future, Made in China: Evan Osnos on America's Reckoning
Aug 2026
0:00 / 94:39
Samm Sacks and Paul Triolo on WAIC 2026, Xi's AI Speech, and Kimi K3
Jul 2026
0:00 / 97:37
The Platform State: Angela Zhang and Alex Yang on How China Really Governs Its Economy
Jul 2026
0:00 / 64:09
Agile Governance: Tsinghua's Xue Lan on How China Regulates What It Can't Fully Predict
Jun 2026
0:00 / 53:01
China Shock 2.0: This Time It's Europe, with Adam Tooze
Jun 2026
0:00 / 46:53
"But China!": Robert Wright on the AI Race and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning
Jun 2026
0:00 / 113:44
The Texas Paradox: How the Most Anti-China State Is Building America's China Capacity
Jun 2026
0:00 / 101:35
The View from Everywhere Else: Eric Olander on how the Global South is reading the Beijing summits
May 2026
0:00 / 80:37
To Rule All Under Heaven: Andrew Meyer on His New Popular History of the Warring States
May 2026
0:00 / 80:37
"Constructive Strategic Stability": Ali Wyne of the International Crisis Group on the Trump-Xi Summit
May 2026
0:00 / 66:18
"The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 4: The AI Race Reconsidered
May 2026
0:00 / 36:24
The Poetry of Zheng Xiaoqiong: A Conversation with Translator Eleanor Goodman
May 2026
0:00 / 71:32
"The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 3: Tech, Rivalry, and Competing Visions of the Future
May 2026
0:00 / 66:21
Spain's China Gambit: Pedro Sánchez, Strategic Autonomy, and the European Turn to Beijing — with Mario Esteban Rodríguez
Apr 2026
0:00 / 66:14
"The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 2: What Does the United States Want?
Apr 2026
0:00 / 67:19
"The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 1: What China Wants
Apr 2026
0:00 / 68:20
Adam Tooze is Chinamaxxing!
Apr 2026
0:00 / 85:59
Is China Trying to Sever Plato from NATO? Chang Che on Beijing's Embrace of the Greco-Roman Classics
Mar 2026
0:00 / 77:37
Edge of Ruin: Mike Lampton and Wang Jisi’s Warning on U.S.-China Relations
Mar 2026
0:00 / 93:24
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