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The Rise and Fall of China with Michael Beckley [S2 Ep.25]

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The Standard Western Answer Is, They Could Have Liberalized the Economy More

The standard western answer would be likewel if they just continued those reforms, you know, you'd have more space for antha poners. The reason to question that though, is like china, it's a difficult place to rule. A lot of chinese history ise baseisly trying to build an empire and then having it absolutely collapse into different war lords. It doesn't really cohere geographically in a way that other countries do. And soye, this is why the chinese say, while you can always tell us that democracy is better and having an open system is better, that doesn't work for ch China.

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