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Transcript: Xiaohongshu's "TikTok Refugees," with Ivy Yang and David Fishman
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Kaiser Y Kuo
This Week in China's History: The Resignation of Hu Yaobang
January 16, 1987
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James Carter
Xiaohongshu's "TikTok Refugees," with Ivy Yang and David Fishman
I know I'd said last time there would be no show this week, but that was before this fascinating episode involving TikTok users signing up en masse to…
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Kaiser Y Kuo
1:03:52
Transcript: Lizzi Lee on China's Economy and the Trump Presidency
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Kaiser Y Kuo
Online Encounters
Will this latest episode in popular internet diplomacy share the fate of the first one?
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Kaiser Y Kuo
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Lizzi Lee on China's Economy and the Trump Presidency
This week on Sinica, I'm joined by Lizzi Lee, fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute and by my lights one of the most astute, well-informed people…
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Kaiser Y Kuo
1:20:52
China and the Global South in the Trump 2.0 Era
On Monday, January 20, Donald Trump will take the oath of office and return to power as president of the United States.
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Eric Olander
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Inside Shen Yun and the Epoch Times, with NYT's Nicole Hong and Michael Rothfeld
This week on Sinica, I speak with Nicole Hong and Michael Rothfeld, both investigative reporters at the New York Times, about a series of stories…
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Kaiser Y Kuo
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Transcript: Inside Shen Yun and the Epoch Times, with NYT's Nicole Hong and Michael Rothfeld
Below is a complete transcript of the episode.
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Kaiser Y Kuo
Why Views About China Are So Different in the Global North and South
China is deeply unpopular in the U.S., UK, Japan, and most other wealthy countries, and given the politics in those regions, there’s no indication…
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Eric Olander
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High Stakes: Can American Exceptionalism Accommodate Chinese Exceptionalism in the 21st Century?
This essay was first published in Insight: The Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai in the Winter 2025 issue, and was adopted from a…
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Kaiser Y Kuo
This Week in China’s History: Britain is first Western government to recognize the Peoples Republic of China
January 6, 1950
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James Carter
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