Gen A: Roundtable With Kaiser Kuo

For our first Gen A roundtable in 2022, we are sitting down with  Kaiser Kuo, host of the Sinica podcast — a weekly discussion of current affairs in China — history buff, and musician. In his podcast he talks to scholars, economists, journalists, diplomats, and artists. A nuanced commentator of China himself, Kaiser will be talking about what it takes — in his view — to be thinking and talking about China. 

Join us for this exclusive conversation and bring your own questions to the table.

Kaiser Kuo is host of the Sinica Podcast, a weekly discussion of current affairs in China. He repatriated to the United States after 20 years in Beijing, where he worked as Director of International Communications for Baidu. He was previously a technology reporter in China. Kaiser was guitarist and co-founder of the band Chunqiu (Spring & Autumn), and a founder of China’s first heavy metal band, Tang Dynasty. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and holds an M.A. from the University of Arizona.

Resources and Preparation Material

• Dan Wang's 2021 Letter on China (minus the section on opera)
• The Sinica podcast episode with Dan Wang (optional)