This week on Sinica, Kaiser Kuo and Jeremy Goldkorn are pleased to host Ed Wong from The New York Times, along with Adrienne Mong, whom you’ve seen on NBC News. First up is Xi Jinping’s recent visit to the United States, and a closer look at the personal and political background of the man who will be King. Also on our roster is a discussion of the state of development across Southeast Asia, and of course Eric Li’s controversial editorial in The New York Times last week, which seemed to argue for the superiority of the Chinese political system over Western democratic models.
Recommendations
- Beyond the Pass: Economy, Ethnicity, and Empire in Qing Xinjiang, 1759-1864, James Millward (Stanford University Press, 1998)
- Great Wall Fresh, Chenjiapu guest house and country home
- China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia, Peter Perdue (Harvard University Press, 2010)
- Mui Ne beach in Vietnam
- Shadows and Wind: A View of Modern Vietnam, Robert Templer (Penguin Books, 1999)
- The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan, Michael Hastings (Blue Rider Press, 2012)
- Vietnam, Now: A Reporter Returns, David Lamb (PublicAffairs, 2003)
