Sinica Podcast Transcripts
Kaiser Kuo · 560 episodes with transcripts
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.
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Latest Sinica Podcast transcripts
Afra Wang on Liangzhu, China’s Vibe-Coding Capital, and the Anxious Optimism of the AI Boom
October 9, 2026
Kaiser Kuo (0:09)
Welcome to the Sinica Podcast, a weekly discussion of current affairs in China. In this program, we look at books, ideas, new research, intellectual currents, and cultural trends that can help us better understand what's happening in China's politics, foreign relations, economics, and society. Join me each week for…
I'm Kaiser Kuo coming to you this week from my home in Beijing. Listeners, please support my work by becoming a paying subscriber at sinicapodcast.com.
- Afra Wang on Liangzhu, China’s Vibe-Coding Capital, and the Anxious Optimism of the AI Boom
- From Barefoot Doctors to Biologics: Dr. Ruby Wang on China's Healthcare Revolution
- Not a Master Plan: The Real History of China's Rare Earth Dominance, with Gloria Xiong and Jessica Chen Weiss
- Strategic Stalemate: Ryan Hass on How Beijing Sees America — and Trump
- Talking Past Each Other: Pallavi Aiyar on India, China, and the Case for Cognitive Empathy
- The Future, Made in China: Evan Osnos on America's Reckoning
- Samm Sacks and Paul Triolo on WAIC 2026, Xi's AI Speech, and Kimi K3
- The Platform State: Angela Zhang and Alex Yang on How China Really Governs Its Economy
- Agile Governance: Tsinghua's Xue Lan on How China Regulates What It Can't Fully Predict
- China Shock 2.0: This Time It's Europe, with Adam Tooze
- "But China!": Robert Wright on the AI Race and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning
- The Texas Paradox: How the Most Anti-China State Is Building America's China Capacity
- Spain's China Gambit: Pedro Sánchez, Strategic Autonomy, and the European Turn to Beijing — with Mario Esteban Rodríguez
- "The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 2: What Does the United States Want?
- "The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 1: What China Wants
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