Sinica
Kaiser Y Kuo, Andrew Methven, Eric Olander, James Carter, Andrew PolkPodcasts, columns, and essays about current affairs in China
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Daily |
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| Issues | 1513 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 32 hours ago |
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Trivium China Podcast | China on Exchange Rate Revaluation: We’re Not Interested
On October 8, the PBoC published an essay – in both English and Chinese – defending China’s exchange rate policy and pushing back on foreign calls for the RMB to appreciate.
Just like MofCom’s July essay on overcapacity, the piece takes ai...
“Kill Switch” and “Second Strike Weapon:” Cuban Missile Crisis Vibes in the European China Debate
This essay was originally published in German and translated by the author. This is a guest post from René Ruschmeier, co-founder, senior strategist and lead author of 理门 Limen China, a businsess intelligence consultancy focused on contempo...
India and China Are Talking Again. Can They Trust Each Other?
India and China are cautiously rebuilding ties after years of confrontation, but normalization remains fragile. Recent high-level meetings have restored diplomatic momentum, yet unresolved territorial claims, persistent military deployments...
"Tourist-trap souvenir trio" — Phrase of the Week
Artwork by Zhang Zhigang for RealTime Mandarin
Our phrase of the week is: “tourist-trap souvenir trio” (冤种三件套 yuān zhǒng sān jiàn tào)
Context
This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays were only three working days ap...
Beijing’s Quiet Deleveraging Push
For the first time in recent memory, a senior Chinese economic official is really pushing the idea that China needs to control its debt-to-GDP ratio.
- In a recent Qiushi essay, central bank (PBoC) Governor Pan Gongsheng laid out why cre...
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
A weekly podcast about current affairs in China, hosted by Kaiser Kuo and featuring in-depth conversations about books, ideas, new research, intellectual currents, and cultural trends that can help us better understand what’s happening in China.
Creator of RealTime Mandarin, a resource helping you learn contemporary Chinese in context, and stay on top of the latest language trends in China.
Historian of modern China at Saint Joseph's University, trained under Jonathan Spence. Most recent book: Champions Day: The End of Old Shanghai (WW Norton). www.jayjamescarter.com
Andrew Polk is a co-founder at Trivium China and oversees the firm's macroeconomic and markets research.
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