Global Dialogues

Kaiser Kuo is a musician, writer, and the host and co-founder of the Sinica podcast, the leading English-language podcast on current affairs in China. Since April 2010, Sinica has published over 500 episodes featuring prominent diplomats, academics, journalists, and others with expertise on China. Previously, Kuo served as director of international communications for China’s leading search engine, Baidu. Kuo graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1988 with a degree in political science and received a master’s degree in East Asian studies from the University of Arizona. He was lead guitarist and co-founder of Tang Dynasty, a Chinese heavy metal band founded in 1989. He also played guitar in the Beijing-based heavy metal band Chunqiu (Spring & Autumn) from 2001 to 2016.