Sinica Podcast The Rise and Fall of the EAST: MIT's Yasheng Huang on his new book
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Aug 31, 2023 MIT professor Yasheng Huang discusses his new book 'The Rise and Fall of the EAST' on Sinica podcast. Topics include China's success, political constraints, correlation between wealth and negative outcomes, significance of multiple wives in Chinese culture, cognitive rewiring, China's political evolution, Needham question on science and technology, China's anti-corruption campaign, and the rise and fall of the East.
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Introduction
00:00 • 4min
Scale and Scope in China's Success
04:26 • 33min
Political Constraints: China vs. Western Europe
37:08 • 20min
The Correlation Between Wealth and Negative Outcomes
57:29 • 2min
The Significance of Multiple Wives in Chinese Culture
59:07 • 17min
Examining Cognitive Rewiring and Scaling Tools in the Context of China's Rise
01:15:51 • 3min
China's Political Evolution from the 1980s to Present
01:18:59 • 12min
The Needham Question and Chinese Science & Technology
01:31:22 • 13min
Scope Conditions and China's Technological Progress
01:44:24 • 10min
China's Anti-Corruption Campaign: Consequences and Possible Solutions
01:54:44 • 7min
The Rise and Fall of the East
02:01:31 • 6min