[4] A 2001 graduate of The Hudson School in New Jersey,[5] he went on to graduate from Vassar College in 2009 after which he spent a year as a Fulbright scholar investigating the impact of modernization on ethnic folk music in China.
In early 2017, National Public Radio noted that Kaiman was "Granted Rare Access To Pyongyang Celebration.
[9] From August 2016 until September 2018, he was Beijing Bureau Chief for the Los Angeles Times.
[10][11] Kaiman resigned from the Los Angeles Times as a result of allegations by Felicia Sonmez and another woman of sexually aggressive behavior.
[12][13] The accusations against him and his downfall have been a subject of continuing debate,[14] in large part due to the decision of Ambra Battilana Gutierrez, one of the first women to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct, to interview him on her podcast.