Kaiser Kuo
Encyclopedia
Kaiser Kuo is a Chinese American
freelance writer and rock
musician living in Beijing
. He is a former member of the rock band Tang Dynasty
and has further enlivened contemporary Chinese music culture with the formation of another ethnically-oriented heavy metal rock group, Spring and Autumn . Kaiser's musical involvement also involved playing bass for Dirty Deeds, an AC/DC cover band based in Beijing.
Kaiser currently works as director for international communications for Chinese search engine Baidu
. He was previously a technology correspondent for Red Herring
magazine, and also worked as director of digital strategy, China, for Ogilvy & Mather
in Beijing. He writes a column "Ich bin ein Beijinger" for the English-language magazine the beijinger.
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
, Tania Branigan of The Guardian
, Evan Osnos
of The New Yorker
, Arthur Kroeber of Dragonomics, Jeremy Goldkorn of Danwei and Bill Bishop, founder of CBS MarketWatch. Sinica is recorded at the Popup Chinese
studios in Beijing and published through the site each Friday.
Chinese American
Chinese Americans represent Americans of Chinese descent. Chinese Americans constitute one group of overseas Chinese and also a subgroup of East Asian Americans, which is further a subgroup of Asian Americans...
freelance writer and rock
Chinese rock
Chinese Rock , occasionally referred as Mandorock or Cantorock depending on the language of the song in question, is commonly used to describe a wide variety of forms of rock and roll music, in connection with the rock bands...
musician living in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
. He is a former member of the rock band Tang Dynasty
Tang Dynasty (band)
Tang Dynasty is a Chinese ethnic-art rock and prog-metal band that is often credited as being the first heavy metal band in China.-Biography:...
and has further enlivened contemporary Chinese music culture with the formation of another ethnically-oriented heavy metal rock group, Spring and Autumn . Kaiser's musical involvement also involved playing bass for Dirty Deeds, an AC/DC cover band based in Beijing.
Kaiser currently works as director for international communications for Chinese search engine Baidu
Baidu
Baidu, Inc. , simply known as Baidu and incorporated on January 18, 2000, is a Chinese web services company headquartered in the Baidu Campus in Haidian District, Beijing, People's Republic of China....
. He was previously a technology correspondent for Red Herring
Red herring
A red herring is a deliberate attempt to divert attention.Red herring may refer to:* Red herring , the informal fallacy of presenting an argument that may in itself be valid, but does not address the issue in question....
magazine, and also worked as director of digital strategy, China, for Ogilvy & Mather
Ogilvy & Mather
Ogilvy & Mather is an international advertising, marketing and public relations agency based in Manhattan and owned by the WPP Group. The company operates 497 offices in 125 countries with approximately 16,000 employees.-History:...
in Beijing. He writes a column "Ich bin ein Beijinger" for the English-language magazine the beijinger.
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
Mary Kay Magistad
Mary Kay Magistad is an award-winning American journalist and correspondent.Magistad has covered Northeast Asia for the Public Radio International program, PRI's The World, a co-production between the BBC World Service, PRI, and WGBH Radio Boston since 1996...
of Public Radio International
Public Radio International
Public Radio International is a Minneapolis-based American public radio organization, with locations in Boston, New York, London and Beijing. PRI's tagline is "Hear a different voice." PRI is a major public media content creator and also distributes programs from many sources...
, Tania Branigan of The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, Evan Osnos
Evan Osnos
Evan Osnos is an American reporter for The New Yorker, based in Beijing.Previously, he was an international correspondent for The Chicago Tribune in Beijing...
of The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
, Arthur Kroeber of Dragonomics, Jeremy Goldkorn of Danwei and Bill Bishop, founder of CBS MarketWatch. Sinica is recorded at the Popup Chinese
Popup Chinese
Popup Chinese is a platform for Chinese language study. Founded in 2008, the site provides Chinese podcasts, lessons, and HSK study tools and resources from a studio in downtown Beijing. It is considered a prominent Chinese language program and producer of a large open source Chinese-English...
studios in Beijing and published through the site each Friday.
External links
- "Kaiser Kuo, Tang Dynasty, Spring and Autumn", from China Beat radio program
- Ich Bin Ein Beijinger Kaiser Kuo's personal weblog
- "Kaiser Kuo" Kaiser Kuo's columns for "the beijinger"
- "Interview with Kaiser Kuo about Dirty Deeds" Kaiser Kuo interview for "BeijingDaze" about music in Beijing and Dirty Deeds, his AC/DC cover band
- "The Sinica Podcast" Kaiser's regular podcast on current affairs in China