The Paradox of Democracy

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There is this paradox, sometimes, it seems, of democracy. I don't have ther's got to be some kind of happy medium between the two. Even good friends of mine in china, who are in the chinese scheme of things, would ordinarily care about oppression of minority peoples. But right now they see this as just the cynical weaponization of this human rights problem by the united states to try to keep china down. They think that the united states has blown it so out of proportion and basically, you know, a deeply cynical way.

Despite how much our media talks about China, most Americans don't really know all that much about it. What is China’s view of itself and its recent history? What is life like in the country for the average Chinese citizen? On the show this week Kaiser Kuo, host of the Sinica podcast, joins Adam to help answer these questions and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.