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Jasmine Sun on Silicon Valley through a Chinese Mirror
This week on Sinica, co-host Tianyu Fang makes his debut on the show to join me in interviewing his Stanford classmate and talented writer Jasmine Sun, who studies the anthropology of disruption. Thi…
Published on 3 months ago
Yascha Mounk on China and Western Liberalism
This week on the Sinica Podcast, I chat with well-known author and public intellectual Yascha Mounk about his recent fascination with China, his approach to learning about the country and learning Ch…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
What Did the September 3 Parade Mean?
This week on Sinica, I speak first with retired Senior Colonel Zhou Bo, a frequent commentator on Chinese military and security affairs and a prolific writer now at the Center for International Secur…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
What Does China Want? The Authors of a New Paper Challenge the DC Consensus
This week on Sinica, I chat with Dave Kang (USC), Zenobia Chan (Georgetown), and Jackie Wong (American University in Sharjah, UAE) about their new paper in International Security titled "What Does Ch…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Trump's India Tariff Tirade: A Gift to Beijing? With Evan Feigenbaum
This week on the Sinica Podcast, I welcome back Evan Feigenbaum, Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Evan served for many years as a State Department officia…
Published on 4 months ago
The Engineering State and the Lawyerly Society: Dan Wang on his new book "Breakneck"
This week on Sinica, I'm delighted to be joined by Dan Wang, formerly of Gavekal Dragonomics and the Paul Tsai Law Center at Yale University, now with the Hoover Institute's History Lab. Dan's new bo…
Published on 4 months ago
Chinese and U.S. AI Applications in Public Administration: Lessons and Implications for Ukraine
Artificial intelligence has been a frequent topic on Sinica in recent years — but usually through the lens of the two countries that have produced the leading models and companies: the United States …
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Nuclear Weapons, Ukraine, and Great-Power Competition
Join me for a conversation with four fantastic panelists about nuclear safety and security issues brought on by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and more broadly on the state of nuclear secur…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
The World AI Conference in Shanghai: Two tech veterans share their impressions
This week on Sinica, Paul Triolo of DGA Albright Stonebridge and tech investor Ryan Cunningham join to talk about their observations and insights from the World AI Conference (WAIC), held in July in …
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Chinese Cooking Demystified: Chris Thomas and Stephanie Li visit Shaxi!
This week on Sinica: On my final two days in Shaxi in Yunnan, Chris Thomas and Stephanie Li, the hosts of the marvelous YouTube channel Chinese Cooking Demystified, joined me for some cooking and lot…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago