# Sinica Podcast

A podcast by Kaiser Kuo. 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.

Feed: https://rss.art19.com/sinica

## Latest episodes

- [Mr. China’s Great Enterprise: Tim Clissold and the Fight for a Chinese Civilisation A-level](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/b2f56256cf14) (2026-10-27, 72 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/7bd5ed24-99dd-43c6-8c02-6a7a6aaaad70.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Afra Wang on Liangzhu, China’s Vibe-Coding Capital, and the Anxious Optimism of the AI Boom](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/b5e4924a6c69) (2026-10-09, 99 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/1e69db0c-6666-465d-b880-3b4e012377e8.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [From Barefoot Doctors to Biologics: Dr. Ruby Wang on China's Healthcare Revolution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/da193c99374f) (2026-09-29, 86 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/4dd6f90b-e2f5-450b-932a-b16630f44db5.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Not a Master Plan: The Real History of China's Rare Earth Dominance, with Gloria Xiong and Jessica Chen Weiss](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/cc0fc4976e6e) (2026-09-16, 79 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/b0c8560c-2933-4f97-ac71-5899f0ef2b3e.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Strategic Stalemate: Ryan Hass on How Beijing Sees America — and Trump](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/bf97331ee098) (2026-09-11, 61 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/ceb28345-57ba-4d22-b676-3f22854681c5.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Talking Past Each Other: Pallavi Aiyar on India, China, and the Case for Cognitive Empathy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/40f835cc9904) (2026-08-18, 80 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/230f1a93-66f6-4fa9-bc08-80cbab11ae4c.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [The Future, Made in China: Evan Osnos on America's Reckoning](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/27bdba750155) (2026-08-10, 95 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/95b30827-04a1-479b-a53e-b537ecfec475.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Samm Sacks and Paul Triolo on WAIC 2026, Xi's AI Speech, and Kimi K3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/5311921c953b) (2026-07-23, 98 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/809ac611-caa0-4610-9bf5-20b604654a90.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [The Platform State: Angela Zhang and Alex Yang on How China Really Governs Its Economy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/d86e7b899d31) (2026-07-08, 65 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/7313398c-886f-4abc-b491-d3f6f9e66474.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Agile Governance: Tsinghua's Xue Lan on How China Regulates What It Can't Fully Predict](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/b8df53dc3b35) (2026-06-30, 54 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/1ee1ef49-3182-47ba-a700-1147916a230f.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [China Shock 2.0: This Time It's Europe, with Adam Tooze](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/23060370babe) (2026-06-24, 47 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/d2ba6f68-e095-403f-9104-d2e009e72779.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- ["But China!": Robert Wright on the AI Race and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/da2b9adf4509) (2026-06-17, 114 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/87399f31-4c0c-4e8d-9d4e-93f572ca5589.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [The Texas Paradox: How the Most Anti-China State Is Building America's China Capacity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/72c9dbdc5e95) (2026-06-03, 102 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/8322f5a2-45f3-4de8-9c66-c4f1edf05e8e.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [The View from Everywhere Else: Eric Olander on how the Global South is reading the Beijing summits](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/09a70509516b) (2026-05-26, 81 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/6d9a051e-6e2d-4af4-a7e1-c7bf0bba195f.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [To Rule All Under Heaven: Andrew Meyer on His New Popular History of the Warring States](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/b5b3c6b0216f) (2026-05-21, 81 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/88fd6e51-7c9a-4f37-842e-073296a6f4a6.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- ["Constructive Strategic Stability": Ali Wyne of the International Crisis Group on the Trump-Xi Summit](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/55d06881b392) (2026-05-17, 67 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/aacecc5b-581c-4aac-a289-218366d028cf.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- ["The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 4: The AI Race Reconsidered](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/e7fdaaaa5d21) (2026-05-17, 37 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/98a6be76-4256-41c2-a87e-99171ee8d4a3.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [The Poetry of Zheng Xiaoqiong: A Conversation with Translator Eleanor Goodman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/bc77582bfdea) (2026-05-06, 72 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/e3053f44-a7bd-415f-a0e9-07eb7a8df099.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- ["The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 3: Tech, Rivalry, and Competing Visions of the Future](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/a0ae28651c29) (2026-05-01, 67 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/8a7ad083-68ca-461b-bab4-748febc4c493.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Spain's China Gambit: Pedro Sánchez, Strategic Autonomy, and the European Turn to Beijing — with Mario Esteban Rodríguez](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/066532887547) (2026-04-22, 67 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/1d01bf1d-ab12-4379-a52f-e633eae3a1a4.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- ["The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 2: What Does the United States Want?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/ea818282604c) (2026-04-15, 68 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/6c627073-797a-4c0c-aa92-0499540c07ec.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- ["The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 1: What China Wants](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/67257901a162) (2026-04-09, 69 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/627ce78c-ae07-4f6e-8bc8-b6d701c2e310.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Adam Tooze is Chinamaxxing!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/29f69c5f7244) (2026-04-02, 86 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/b8f758ad-b503-47cf-82ab-3593fe117be3.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Is China Trying to Sever Plato from NATO? Chang Che on Beijing's Embrace of the Greco-Roman Classics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/d9240af8ecde) (2026-03-26, 78 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/e9688782-fd4a-427e-ae2b-037ca1932719.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Edge of Ruin: Mike Lampton and Wang Jisi’s Warning on U.S.-China Relations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/9bc758016597) (2026-03-19, 94 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/ae82882a-9cad-4e48-9459-95d6c528c375.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Governing Digital China, with Daniela Stockmann and Ting Luo](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/966992809375) (2026-03-12, 69 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/0c10fa6b-36ae-4852-82d0-0622b9737c5c.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Yi-Ling Liu on The Wall Dancers: China's Internet, Its Creative Spirits, and the Art of the Possible](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/7a744fa605f7) (2026-02-25, 78 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/f0a62cd7-5b6c-4482-a1fe-2b433f75bcf3.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Kyle Chan on the Great Reversal in Global Technology Flows](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/06ca4c59a3c5) (2026-02-18, 82 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/2cc244d8-4982-4fe3-829b-911f089538fc.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Brookings' Patricia Kim Takes Stock of Trump's Second-Term China Policy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/003059ebf87e) (2026-02-11, 65 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/b25e90d5-0e3e-4b68-9e1c-ee7f2d612e84.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Uneasy Calm: Ryan Hass on Three Pathways for U.S.-China Relations Under Trump](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/85458a910092) (2026-02-04, 64 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/bef806f3-85f9-49f6-9f6a-f6d12e598f04.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Afra Wang on "The Morning Star of Lingao" (临高启明) and the Rise and Reckoning of China's "Industrial Party"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/a66cd6867142) (2026-01-28, 85 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/7c25e7cf-5054-4b34-9ffd-e77d50f12ae8.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [The Highest Exam: Jia Ruixue and Li Hongbin on China's Gaokao and What It Reveals About Chinese Society](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/5cb1f2019044) (2026-01-21, 76 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/7fd635ef-43a7-4db5-9094-da69e0dbe188.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Daniel Bessner on American Primacy, Cold War Liberalism, and the China Challenge](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/00d69eabea45) (2026-01-14, 64 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/35b6f02e-8eaa-4850-a5a0-0721e9a6c0f9.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Eric Olander: After the Maduro Capture — Assessing China's Real Exposure in Venezuela](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/c8dcc99127ff) (2026-01-08, 71 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/7206a6f5-72c2-4f5f-b05f-c1f6fba77f9b.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Michael Brenes and Van Jackson on Why U.S.-China Great-Power Competition Threatens Peace and Weakens Democracy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/5a7576489a33) (2026-01-02, 63 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/f5f082df-d493-49ba-8dc4-63d34076e7c5.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Paul Triolo on Nvidia H200s, Chinese EUV Breakthroughs, and the Collapse of the Sullivan Doctrine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/42404fbc59d3) (2025-12-26, 85 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/4af7b404-6863-4c1a-b2c3-795845bbcb1f.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Mark Sidel on China's Oversight of Foreign NGOs: Eight Years of the Overseas NGO Law](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/4fa8ecd98b40) (2025-12-17, 65 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/1b9eda80-90c8-40c5-b7be-0d3d3a41b1a3.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Guest Host Iza Ding with Deborah Seligsohn: Inside COP30 in Belem, Brazil, and China's Climate Leadership](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/d72206d5b029) (2025-12-10, 126 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/1817b30d-42b3-4373-b36f-0ae4fbf34447.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Murder House: Zhong Na on the Silicon Valley Tragedy That Exposed the Cracks in China's Meritocracy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/9fc90217a694) (2025-12-03, 50 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/ae07f95b-1337-4796-a715-c8aa1e556653.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Finbarr Bermingham of the SCMP on Nexperia, Export Controls, and Europe's Impossible Position](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/337dd763d4fe) (2025-11-20, 52 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/9e45c1a9-8fb2-4e8f-b6c7-ae209c68e293.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [We Were Right: Kaiser and Jeremy Reunite to Riff on the China Vibe Shift](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/bbc34d25ea52) (2025-11-11, 55 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/78124c24-24bd-463b-985b-dbcad903a20d.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Lizzi Lee on Involution, Overcapacity, and China's Economic Model](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/7e92aa2bf633) (2025-11-05, 85 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/aac2a2bb-b378-4bc4-a235-8a7c8c2a6cd9.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Foreign Affairs Editor Daniel Kurtz-Phelan on Shifting Views of China](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/26fb5e3a9e7f) (2025-10-30, 66 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/29ce88a8-ebf0-4f07-8a0e-04b068fc84da.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [The View from Behind Xi Jinping's Desk, with Jonathan Czin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/5f1397118143) (2025-10-21, 80 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/7d6c37cb-0d8c-4bc8-8283-2b86341ac7ad.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [The Symbolism of the Flying Tigers: Peking University's Wang Dong on the American Volunteer Group and its Historical and Diplomatic Usages](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/bc5e326755e9) (2025-09-29, 39 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/6619a129-9cfd-4568-a13a-64afe026ea14.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Jasmine Sun on Silicon Valley through a Chinese Mirror](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/24248d0aa247) (2025-09-22, 72 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/2c128078-a892-48f8-93ee-223be3e93ab0.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [Yascha Mounk on China and Western Liberalism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/7b9572bd20cc) (2025-09-17, 83 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/06027d2b-d0f7-4ff5-bd82-c13a8308e130.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [What Did the September 3 Parade Mean?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/058b2b17cac2) (2025-09-10, 104 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/32479081-0ac2-4834-b7a1-b982c941de80.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
- [What Does China Want? The Authors of a New Paper Challenge the DC Consensus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1121407665/43d6c8aba3c0) (2025-09-02, 90 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/74ce83c0-fe2d-41e8-9680-245d0643e83a.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b
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