Chinatown 2.0
Chinatown 2.0 is a video podcast that interviews world citizens of Chinese heritage.Our interviews are long form, deep dive, rationalist conversations.Our guests are thinkers and doers, and come from areas of startups, finance, law, art, academia, et al.Some videos will be in English, and others in Mandarin.Host: Richard Yan (twitter.com/gentso09)
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 70 minutes
- Episodes
- 24
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2023
Ep. 4: History Professor Sixiang Wang reconciles his Sino-US identity from studying Korean history
Sixiang Wang is an assistant professor in Asian Languages and Cultures at UCLA, specializing in Korea’s premodern history. He speaks fluent mandarin, writes Chinese poems and is well-versed in China'…
Ep. 3: Software Architect Nuo Yan on avoiding shortcuts in life and the appeals of living in Japan
Nuo Yan is a Tokyo-based software architect. He was previously based in Seattle and San Francisco, and was founding engineer at multiple tech startups, one of which was acquired by Pinterest. Nuo dis…
Ep. 1: (Mandarin) PR entrepreneur Jingzhu Yang helps Chinese business-people meet US presidents
Jingzhu Yang started her PR company AmeriChina to bring Chinese companies to high-end and exclusive American events, such as Victoria's Secret Fashion Show and charity dinners with ex US presidents. …
Ep. 2: Quant Trader Robbie Yan talks algo investing, governance systems and China startup scene
Robbie Yan is cofounder of a quantitatively driven hedge fund based in China. We talked about the nature of quantitative investing, governmental efficiency in China and associated tradeoffs, argument…