
Karl Gerth, “China: Up Close and Personal” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Ideas Roadshow Podcast
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Is China Just a Bunch of Lazy Guys?
There's a major current in chinese politics and intellectual life that is, i for some kind of alternative thes will frequently go under the name of the new left. They are trying to nat restore mao and have parades and wear, all wear the same clothing, or whatever it is you associate with the mao era. But by saying that they should have a social safety net, that the social safety net that was cast aside needs to be a put in place again. Some of the people that i study advocate for china becoming a more domestic, consumer driven economy rather than economy dependent on all of us abroad buying their stuff. The guy who is in to be the new left
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