319 | Frank Dikötter: Shattering the Myths of China After Mao
The Realignment
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The Four Cardinal Principles of Indonesia
The book ends in 2012. Do you think if someone picked up this book would it shock them that Western Chinese relations are as low as they are today? Well, I think it's inevitable. All along, the leadership made it clear that they would stick to the leadership of the party. The agreement was tightening up screws. Hu Qingtao was tightening up the screws. Xi Jinping nearly is a continuation of what we've seen since 1989. It's not again a difference of kind. It's a difference of debris. Kevin Rudd recently published a piece telling us, read China is back. Well, my point is, read China never went away. Kevin Rudd just fell asleep.
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