ChinaTalk: Dan Wang on Modern China

Dan Wang at long last makes his solo ChinaTalk debut! We’re here to discuss and celebrate his first book, Breakneck. 

We get into…

• Engineering states vs. lawyerly societies, 

• The competing legacies of the 1980s in China, the decade which saw brutal repression via the One Child Policy and Tiananmen alongside intellectual debate, cultural vibrancy, and rock and roll, 

• Methods of knowing China, from the People’s Daily and Seeking Truth to on-the-ground research, 

• How to compare the values of China’s convenient yet repressive society with the chaotic pluralism of the USA, 

• What Li Qiang’s career post-Shanghai lockdowns can tell us about the value of loyalty vs. competence in Xi’s China.  

Outro Music: Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro (YouTube Link) 

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