Jeffrey Wasserstrom: China, Xi Jinping, Trade War, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mao | Lex Fridman Podcast #466

Jeffrey Wasserstrom is a historian of modern China.
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Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink: https://amzn.to/4jmxWmT
Oxford History of Modern China: https://amzn.to/3RAJ9nI
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*OUTLINE:*
0:00 – Introduction
0:16 – Xi Jinping and Mao Zedong
3:45 – Confucius
11:15 – Education
19:21 – Tiananmen Square
30:36 – Tank Man
40:36 – Censorship
1:16:33 – Xi Jinping
1:34:41 – Donald Trump
1:38:34 – Trade war
1:51:23 – Taiwan
2:01:36 – Protests in Hong Kong
2:33:55 – Mao Zedong
2:55:36 – Future of China

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