The Sinica Podcast turns 10

Sinica Podcast

Kaiser Kuo

Culture, China News, Hangzhou, Chinese, International Relations, Chongqing, Beijing, Sichuan, Currentaffairs, China, Politics, Chengdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou, China Economy, News, China Politics, Business, Film, Shenzhen

4.8 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2020

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

For our 10th anniversary show, Kaiser and Jeremy recorded live on Zoom, shared some reminiscences, reflected on how China and the podcast have changed in the years since they started the show, and took questions from listeners who tuned in. A video version of the podcast is available here.

8:05: A bird’s-eye view of Western media coverage of China

26:52: The demise of area studies, and the rise of disciplines in China studies

36:59: How to keep up with current events in China

44:51: A discussion on xenophobia and nationalism in Chinese society

1:16:37: Can person-to-person diplomacy exist in an increasingly insular world

Recommendations:

Jeremy: An interview with Stephen King by Terry Gross on Fresh Air, Stephen King is sorry you feel like you’re stuck in a Stephen King novel, and an article on SupChina, My family survived the lockdown in Wuhan. Now it’s my turn, in New York, by Zeyi Yang.

Kaiser: Fearing for my mother in Wuhan, facing a new Sinophobia in the US, by Xiao Jiwei, and Shockwave, by Adam Tooze.

This podcast was edited and produced by Kaiser Kuo and Jason MacRonald.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome everyone to the Cynical Podcast special 10-year anniversary interactive podcast. We began life in
0:15.5	April 2010 in Beijing, and for the first six years, it was just something that Jeremy and me did for fun.
0:21.6	It's no less fun now, of course, but as you probably know, for the last four years, we've been
0:27.0	powered by our friends at SubChina. And while we're delighted to have you all here, if you aren't
0:33.1	already signed up for our SubChina Access newsletter, go sign up right now and use the
0:38.3	Cynica 10 discount code for 25% off on your subscription, whether a month or a full year.
0:46.0	It is a feast, as we say, of business political and cultural news about a nation that is
0:52.2	reshaping the world.
0:54.0	I am Kaiser Guo.
0:55.0	I'm coming to do today from, as some of you can see from my home in Chapel Hill,
0:58.8	North Carolina.
1:00.0	Joining me from the Oval Office is Jeremy Goldcorn, who's still trying to get that
1:03.6	pesky rule about natural born Americans, you know,
1:07.2	as qualifications for the presidency change.
1:09.4	So he has a shot.
1:10.7	Sorry, man. I, you know, you have for the presidency change, so he has a shot. Sorry, man.
1:12.1	I, you know, you have my vote if it's any consolation.
1:17.1	You would have my vote.
1:18.2	Gold corn 2024.
1:21.7	You guys all in?
1:22.8	All right.
1:23.9	So we're just going to wing things here today.
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