Kaiser Kuo (; born March 7, 1966) is a

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freelance writer and

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Career

Kaiser previously worked as director for international communications for Chinese search engine

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. Before that he was a technology correspondent for '' Red Herring'' magazine, and also worked as director of digital strategy, China, for

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in Beijing. He used to write a column for the foreigner-focused English-language magazine ''

The Beijinger ''The Beijinger'' (, stylized as "the Beijinger" or "thebeijinger") is a free monthly English language listings and entertainment website and magazine produced by True Run Media in Beijing, China. It was founded in October 2001 as ''that's Beiji ...

'' from 2001 to 2011. In 2010, Kaiser started the Sinica show, a current affairs podcast based in Beijing that invites prominent China journalists and China-watchers to participate in uncensored discussions about Chinese political and economic affairs. Guests and co-hosts have included Gady Epstein, Mary Kay Magistad of Public Radio International,

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of ''

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'',

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of ''

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'', Arthur Kroeber of Dragonomics,

Jeremy Goldkorn Jeremy Goldkorn (; Pinyin: ''Jīn Yùmí''; born in Johannesburg) is a South African-American editor who lives in Nashville, United States. He is the editor-in-chief oThe China Projectand co-hosts the Sinica Podcast with Kaiser Kuo. He was the found ...

of Danwei and Bill Bishop, founder of CBS MarketWatch. Sinica was recorded at the Popup Chinese studios in Beijing from 2010 to 2016. In April 2016, Kuo announced that the Sinica Podcast was acquired by an unnamed New York startup and that he would return to the United States with his family to focus full-time on Sinica. The podcast is released every Friday. He is editor-at-large at the digital media company SupChina.

Music

He is a former member of the rock band

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and later formed another Chinese heavy metal rock group, Spring and Autumn (). Kaiser's musical involvement also involved playing bass for Dirty Deeds, an

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based in Beijing.

Family

Kaiser's grandfather, Guo Ting-Yi, was a historian of Chinese modern history who founded the Institute of Modern History at

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in Taiwan and wrote the "Modern Chinese History" textbook..

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Ich Bin Ein Beijinger
Kaiser Kuo's personal weblog 1966 births Living people American musicians of Chinese descent American writers of Chinese descent American people of Chinese descent American emigrants to China {{AsianAmerican-stub

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