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.
559 episodes
Strategic Stalemate: Ryan Hass on How Beijing Sees America — and Trump
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Talking Past Each Other: Pallavi Aiyar on India, China, and the Case for Cognitive Empathy
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Smoke and Mirrors
Pallavi Iyer
that period produced smoke and mirrors her wonderful memoir of those years ▶ tap to play from here
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Travels in the Other Place: Pursuing the Self in Eight Acts
Pallavi Iyer
on japan uh places where she's lived for good stretches as the wife of a diplomat uh more recently she's turned the case inward in her latest excellent book travels in the other place pursuing the self in eight acts ▶ tap to play from here
India and China
Anand Krishnan
that was in the context of anand krishnan's book india and china and i was on there as a discussant ▶ tap to play from here
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The Highest Exam
Unknown
i and i refer you to to a a conversation that i had with the authors of a book ▶ tap to play from here
Flashlight
Susan Choi
i read um two i read one called um flashlight by susan choi i've just finished that ▶ tap to play from here
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
Daniyal Mueenuddin
the second book and first novel by my favorite pakistani writer called daniel moutin and this is where the serpent lives ▶ tap to play from here
True Grit
Charles Portis
in fact i i just reread something that was recommended last week by evan osnos ▶ tap to play from here
Crossing to Safety
Wallace Stegner
my recommendation for this week is wallace stegner's novel crossing to safety ▶ tap to play from here
Angle of Repose
Wallace Stegner
i'm now about to read another wallace stegner novel called angle of repose ▶ tap to play from here
The Future, Made in China: Evan Osnos on America's Reckoning
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Age of Ambition
Evan Osnos
he is the author of the outstanding age of ambition which won the national book award in 2014 ▶ tap to play from here
Wildland: The Making of America's Fury
Evan Osnos
he's since written a couple of books wildland the making of america's fury which is just a fantastic one ▶ tap to play from here
The Haves and the Have Yots
Evan Osnos
and the haves and the have yots which i have yet to read ▶ tap to play from here
America Against America
Wang Huning
which is often referenced when we try to understand what senior ranks of the politburo think about about the united states ▶ tap to play from here
The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State
Jill Lepore
this book is called the rise and fall of the artificial state ▶ tap to play from here
How to Rule the World
Theo Baker
a book by a young journalist in the united states theo baker uh called how to rule the world ▶ tap to play from here
Stoner
John Williams
another novel by john williams who's the author of stoner which i recommended last episode ▶ tap to play from here
Butcher's Crossing
John Williams
this one is a western called butcher's crossing ▶ tap to play from here
Samm Sacks and Paul Triolo on WAIC 2026, Xi's AI Speech, and Kimi K3
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The Land and Its People
David Sedaris
i am reading david sederis' new book the land and its people and i am laughing so hard ▶ tap to play from here
And the Party's Interests Come First
Joseph Torigian
i recently we had over joseph tergian to talk about uh and the party's interests come first and you know ▶ tap to play from here
Stoner
John Williams
by john williams which is not sorry to disappoint you burners out there about a pothead ▶ tap to play from here
Gilead
Marilynne Robinson
in very much the same vein is the novel gilead by marilyn robinson ▶ tap to play from here
The Golden Age
Wang Xiaobo
i just read this excellent translation by a translator named yen yen of uh wang xiaobu's most famous novel the golden age huang jin shu dai ▶ tap to play from here
Transcription
Ben Lerner
it's a very thin book it's called transcription by ben lerner ▶ tap to play from here
Lili, Dido, Eve: Joan Didion, Eve Babitz, and the Hollywood Rock Scene
Lili Anolik
it's called diddy and babbitt and it's about two joan diddy and obviously very well known but eve bavits who's not as well known but who were writers and deeply embedded in the rock scene in the seventies in california ▶ tap to play from here
The Platform State: Angela Zhang and Alex Yang on How China Really Governs Its Economy
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High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy
Angela Zhang
angela zhang is professor of law at the university of southern california previous previously seven years at uh university of hong kong and she's the author of high wire how china regulates big tech and governs its economy ▶ tap to play from here
Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism
Angela Zhang
and chinese antitrust exceptionalism ▶ tap to play from here
Agile Governance: Tsinghua's Xue Lan on How China Regulates What It Can't Fully Predict
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China Shock 2.0: This Time It's Europe, with Adam Tooze
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The Wages of Destruction
Adam Tooze
the wages of disc destruction crashed shut down ▶ tap to play from here
The Road to Serfdom
Friedrich Hayek
hayek's road to surfdom on the one hand the great transformation on the other by polani as one of the great products ▶ tap to play from here
The Great Transformation
Karl Polanyi
the great transformation on the other by polani as one of the great products ▶ tap to play from here
"But China!": Robert Wright on the AI Race and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning
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The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
Robert Wright
the the moral animal why we are the way we are the new science of evolutionary psychology which was his landmark nineteen ninety four book on evolutionary psychology ▶ tap to play from here
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Edward O. Wilson
i had i think i had just read either before or right afterward concilience uh by edward o wilson ▶ tap to play from here
Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny
Robert Wright
there's also non zero the logic of human destiny which argues that you know the long arc of biological and cultural evolution has a direction ▶ tap to play from here
The Evolution of God
Robert Wright
uh the evolution of god a finalist for the pulitzer prize ▶ tap to play from here
Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
Robert Wright
and uh why buddhism is true a bestseller on meditation and the modern mind ▶ tap to play from here
The God Test
Robert Wright
it is called the god test and it's the reason we're talking today ▶ tap to play from here
The Texas Paradox: How the Most Anti-China State Is Building America's China Capacity
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The View from Everywhere Else: Eric Olander on how the Global South is reading the Beijing summits
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To Rule All Under Heaven: Andrew Meyer on His New Popular History of the Warring States
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"Constructive Strategic Stability": Ali Wyne of the International Crisis Group on the Trump-Xi Summit
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"The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 4: The AI Race Reconsidered
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The Poetry of Zheng Xiaoqiong: A Conversation with Translator Eleanor Goodman
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"The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 3: Tech, Rivalry, and Competing Visions of the Future
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Spain's China Gambit: Pedro Sánchez, Strategic Autonomy, and the European Turn to Beijing — with Mario Esteban Rodríguez
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"The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 2: What Does the United States Want?
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"The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 1: What China Wants
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Adam Tooze is Chinamaxxing!
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Is China Trying to Sever Plato from NATO? Chang Che on Beijing's Embrace of the Greco-Roman Classics
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