In the first of what will likely be many podcasts discussing some of the latest China-related revelations contained in the recent Wikileaks data-dump, our discussion today turns towards North Korea, and Chinese diplomatic overtures suggesting that the country's long-standing ally may be prepared to desert it, accepting a unified Korean peninsula under the control of an American-dominated South Korea.

Sorting through the issues with Kaiser this week are special guests Jeremy Goldkorn of Danwei fame, along with Gady Epstein, Beijing bureau chief for Forbes magazine. Also joining us for the first time is Mary Kay Magistad, long-time Northeast Asia correspondent for Public Radio International, and occasional journalist for National Public Radio, The Washington Post and the Christian Science Monitor.

If you have any questions or comments, please leave a comment in our discussion section below, or write Kaiser directly at sinica@popupchinese.com. And of course, if you want to be notified automatically whenever a new episode of Sinica is released, we encourage you to create an account on Popup Chinese and follow the instructions for subscribing to the Sinica podcast. You can also download this show as a standalone mp3 file. Enjoy!
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December 3, 2010
Glad to listen.

The volume is a bit low.I have to turn to maximum.
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December 3, 2010
Thanks for the feedback safarinew -- we'll increase the volume and upload another version a bit later today.
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December 4, 2010
Thanks, been looking forward to these after the previous podcast was lost. I could listen to these all day, the intersection of the stories around North Korea, Chinese censorship, American censorship (See; EFF and Rebecca MacKinnon), and WikiLeaks is incredibly interesting. Especially when combined with highly literate and intelligent commentary.
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May 24, 2013
Great discussion and analysis. Would have been nice to hear more about whether a united Korea gives more influence to China or the US, and why China keeps supporting a divided Korea.
Mark Lesson Studied