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319 | Frank Dikötter: Shattering the Myths of China After Mao

The Realignment

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The 2022 theme in topic today is China, especially in the context of the recent protests. The 20th party congress back in October that extended Xi Jinping's rule. And how and why the West so misjudged China's history and trajectory after Mao left the scene in 1936. Speaking with Frank Dickutter, author of five books on China'shistory and dictatorship.

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