Kaiser Kuo

Commentaries by Kaiser Kuo

Kaiser Kuo

Host, Sinica Podcast

Kaiser Kuo is host of the Sinica Podcast, a weekly discussion about current affairs in China, and a long-time resident of Beijing. He was co-founder of one of China's first and most successful heavy metal bands, Tang Dynasty, and has worked as a journalis

The Talk of Davos about Xi and Trump
Jan 26, 2017
A spectre was haunting Davos, and its name was Donald Trump.
Xi Jinpinging Globalization Donald Trump Davos
Why Are So Many First-generation Chinese Immigrants Supporting Donald Trump?
Nov 07, 2016
Based on conversations Kaiser Kuo and his wife Fanfan have had with Chinese and Chinese Americans since moving to North Carolina in person and on WeChat groups, the chief reasons behind the popularity of Trump with first-generation immigrants from the PRC are: affirmative action, sexual conservatism, racism, schadenfreude, and Clinton’s hawkishness, taxation, immigration, and personality.
U.S. Presidential Election Trump and China Policy U.S. China Policy
The Anglophone Media Narrative on China and Sources of Bias
Feb 29, 2016
Anglophone journalism is not about the quotidian, but instead focuses on power—political and corporate. While Kaiser Kuo esteems this motivation, he argues that it also can create distorted newsreader opinions, misunderstands the complexities of individuals in the most populous nation, and begets worse treatment for journalists in an un-virtuous cycle.
China Model