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China correspondent Emily Feng: From the FT to NPR
Emily Feng is one of the rising stars among China reporters. She’s about to take up her post in Beijing as National Public Radio’s correspondent after an illustrious run with the Financial Times. In …
Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
Michael Swaine on the ‘China is not an enemy’ open letter
The Washington Post recently published an open letter signed by five scholars and former government officials: M. Taylor Fravel, Stapleton Roy, Michael Swaine, Susan Thornton, and Ezra Vogel. The let…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
An update on the Hong Kong protests
This week, we speak again with Antony Dapiran, a corporate lawyer in Hong Kong and the author of City of Protest: A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong, to catch up on the fast-moving events in th…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Searching for roots in China
This week, Kaiser chats with Huihan Lie, founder of the genealogical research startup MyChinaRoots, and with two of his colleagues, Clotilde Yap and Chrislyn Choo. The three have fascinating things t…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Military Strategy and Politics in the PRC: A Conversation with Taylor Fravel
This week, Kaiser and Jeremy chat with Taylor Fravel, one of the world's leading authorities on the People's Liberation Army. Taylor has a brand-new book out called Active Defense: China's Military S…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Umbrella Revolution 2.0 – or something else? Antony Dapiran on the Hong Kong demonstrations
Antony Dapiran is a seasoned corporate lawyer who has worked in Hong Kong and Beijing for the last two decades. In that time, he’s become a historian of protests in Hong Kong and the author of City o…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
A voice of reason within the Beltway: Ryan Hass vs. the so-called bipartisan consensus
Ryan Hass, who served as the Director for China on the National Security Council during President Barack Obama's second term, is alarmed at the direction that the U.S. policy toward China has been ta…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
A student leader 30 years after Tiananmen: Wu’er Kaixi reflects on the movement
This week, Kaiser is joined by Nury Turkel of the Uyghur Human Rights Project in an in-depth conversation with Wu'er Kaixi (Örkesh Dölet), best known as one of the student leaders in the Tiananmen pr…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
China's New Red Guards: Jude Blanchette on China's Far Left
SupChina.direct — China consultants, on demand. Submit your project needs, and we will match you with qualified China consultants. This week, Kaiser sits down with Jude Blanchette in the Sinica South…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
Charlene Barshefsky on Trump’s Trade War
This week on the Sinica Podcast, we are happy to share a live recording from the third annual SupChina Women’s Conference. Jeremy and Kaiser sat down with Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, now a senior…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago