Karl Gerth, “China: Up Close and Personal” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Ideas Roadshow Podcast
00:00
Why Are There So Many People in China?
Why are there so many people in china? Anyway? It's one of these things that, i mean, i'm not looking for an iron clad answer, but it's something that i think very often doesn't seem to get asked. Almost every major change you see in this modern period would have some kind of a component that would be linked to this giant population. What makes it even more interesting is that the number of chinese bureaucrats stays relatively stable.
Play episode from 16:19
Transcript
