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[Podcast] China in therapy: How families in crisis will affect China’s future
China’s tumultuous recent past has had profound effects on Chinese family life that are going to change the country’s future. Read the article by David...
The Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 193
This week on the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief: Over 300 positive cases so far within the Olympic closed-loop; the Winter Games fuel a rise in interest...
Tones: Answers to questions you didn’t know to ask
Do native speakers know the tones? How well do you need to know tones to listen or speak? Jared and John delve into these and...
Opening Ceremony analysis and a view from inside the Bubble
Before the opening ceremony, Mark predicted that a young Uyghur athlete would be among the final torchbearers. We discuss what happened and why it’s so...
[Podcast] The Tatsu Maru incident in the waning years of the Qing
In 1908, Qing customs officials boarded the Japanese steamship Tatsu Maru to seize weapons allegedly earmarked for revolutionaries. The ship’s captain objected. The drawn-out diplomatic...
Why the law matters in China, with Jeremy Daum of Yale’s Paul Tsai China Law Center
This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Jeremy Daum, senior research scholar in law and senior fellow at Yale University’s Paul Tsai China Center. Jeremy...
The future of Chinese infrastructure finance in Africa
Nigerian Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi acknowledged this week that he will no longer rely on China to fund two major railways and will have now...
On the eve of the Beijing Olympics, conspiracy theories, anthems, and more Eileen Gu
Not long now until the Olympic cauldron is lit, and already there is no end of stories to talk about. It’s Chinese New Year so...
[Podcast] Inside the Olympic bubble at Beijing 2022
Much has been made about the Beijing Olympics organizing committee setting up a “closed loop” for the Games. What’s it really like? Our reporter reports...