Conversations With Coleman cover image

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

Conversations With Coleman

00:00

The Great Recession of China - It's Not Just an Abstract Thing

The mental ity that china is the superior civilization on earth was very much prevalent, at least in the chinese government, going into the mid nineteenth century. So you can imagine the the shock where british decided they really wanted to sell lots of opium, lots thy watd to sell drugs, right? They wanted to sell drugs in china so they could get the money and use that to bank roll their empire in india. In order to do that, they started putting pressure on china. China launched a war on drugs. And then britain just brought in its navy and obliterated china's military and just started to impose what ends up becoming a century

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app