Coalitions of the Weak

Jun 16, 2022

49:44

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Is There a Ruleless World of Distortion?

Introduction

2min

Is There a Trade-Off Between a Dictator and a Lieutenant?

3min

Is There a Ruleless World of Distortion?

4min

How to Measure Power in a Democracy?

2min

What's Your Main Thesis When Applying to China's Political System?

3min

Mao's Co-Coalitions of the Weak Strategy

5min

The Coalition of the Week in the 19 Eighties

5min

How Did the Princings Do in the Early Nineties?

2min

Did It Really Feel Like Market Power Was a Preferable Objective to Political Power?

2min

10.

Shijenping - Is He a Leader?

4min

11.

Shijinping's Coalition of the Weak Strategy

4min

12.

Is There a Shift in Chijinping's Relative Power Right Now?

5min

13.

China's Political Stability in 2027?

5min

14.

The Leap Politics in China - A Review

3min

In this episode of Pekingology, Freeman Chair Jude Blanchette is joined by Victor Shih, associate professor and Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego. They discuss his new book, Coalitions of the Weak: Elite Politics in China from Mao’s Stratagem to the Rise of Xi.