Episode 134: Elizabeth Economy: Communist China's History in 60 Minutes
Description
Elizabeth Economy is a political scientist, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, a China expert, and the author of multiple books, including "The World According to China" and "The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State."
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(00:00 ) Intro
(01:00 ) Xi Jinping's father's story
(07:16 ) The Cultural Revolution
(12:02 ) "China's Holocaust" between 1950's-1970's
(13:10 ) Why Marxism resonated in China
(21:43 ) Darker aspects of the Cultural Revolution
(33:48 ) The rise of Xi Jinping and the rise of China's economy
(38:33 ) The meme of Xi Jinping as Winnie the Pooh
(41:43 ) Xi Jinping's personality and vision for China
(46:27 ) The near-term future of U.S-China relations
(53:00 ) What America can do to win Cold War 2.0