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Mental models for understanding complexity, with Anthea Roberts and Nicolas Lamp
Whatย we think about China depends in large measure onย howย we think about China. As a nation of 1.4 billion people in the throes of world-historic change...

The curious case of Eileen Gu, and stay away from Olympic car crashes!
Freestyle skier Eileen Gu is poised to take the Beijing Olympics by storm, but a new story fromย The Wall Street Journalย raises questions about her citizenship...

Taking stock of Wang Yi’s tour of East Africa & Indian Ocean states
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is back in Beijing after wrapping up the customary first overseas trip of the year that always begins in Africa...

The Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 190
This week on the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief: Major layoffs at short video company Kuaishou; India orders Chinese mobile phone giant Xiaomi to pay $90 million...

Why typing characters is better than handwriting
Jared and John talk about why typing characters leads to better learning outcomes than handwriting. They dispel conventional wisdom backed by science from an academic...

[SupChina] Chinaโs โfive-antiโ campaign of 1952
The tactics employed in the movement, which ostensibly targeted corruption among business owners, foreshadowed the Chinese Communist Party’s dark excesses in the decades to come...

Why South Africa remains China’s most important relationship in Africa
There was a flurry of Chinese diplomatic activity in Africa this week with Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s first overseas trip of the year who went...

The sociologist watching the China-watchers: A conversation with David McCourt
This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with David McCourt, associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Davis. For the last several years, David...

Rachel Llanes spills all on life inside Team Chinaโs camp
With the Omicron variant rampant worldwide, calls to postpone the Olympics have been growing louder. We discuss why thatโs simply not an option for China...









