Sinica is back, and on this first post-China Project show, Kaiser chats with TCP’s ex-editor-in-chief and Sinica’s co-founder and former co-host, Jeremy Goldkorn. They chat about the Beijing that was, their theories as to why things changed as they did, and share some of their favorite precepts for understanding contemporary China.
03:15 – What’s new with Sinica in the post-TCP era
04:34 – Jeremy reflects on the history of Sinica and of The China Project
20:25 – Jeremy’s characterization of how his approach to China differs from Kaiser’s
25:01 – How our China experiences shaped our perspectives
26:44 – Jeremy’s long, fraught relationship with the media biz in China
36:47 – What brought on the end of the golden years of liberalization in China?
47:45 – How China changed our politics
1:08:44 – Jeremy’s reveals (some of) his big plans
1:10:15 – Gen X China-watchers and what made them special
Recommendations:
Jeremy: The Ghosts of Evolution by Connie Barlow
Kaiser: Ma in All Caps by Jay Kuo (the audiobook version, read by Kaiser); and the Captain Alatriste novels by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
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