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Todd Mundt's avatar

S-tier line from a top-notch episode: “I gave my best years to Hu Jintao.”

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Secretary of Defense Rock's avatar

This was so good!

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messyfork's avatar

Most insightful guest yet!

"how does this look from Xi’s desk?" Holy crap. An analyst that actually tries to understand the opponent and not just come up with assumptions from their own perspective. What a loss for Jon to not still be in government...

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Jonah Toch's avatar

Great episode! Jon Czin was really informative. Would love for you to talk about the demographic issues China is facing at some point. Or maybe someone can link me to an episode where you've talked about this in depth.

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Brian Tan's avatar

A very good and cogent read. Purging the bureaucracy is indeed a hallmark of a dictator, often with deleterious consequences. In a recent article, I wrote something similar here:

https://kainesianmacro.substack.com/p/if-not-dictator-why-dictator-shaped

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Kurt's avatar

Brilliant, thanks much.

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Buman's avatar

Very insightful analysis. I guess Cai Qi already has a target on his back now.

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Deer Reeder 🦌's avatar

fun read. thanks for sharing it.

> China has never had a nuclear scare

not sure if this is accurate. shadow of nuclear war did leave its marks on China, there were shelters built in every city and not to mention the third front. though we may argue the impact on collective psych and culture is not as significant as it has on Russia and the US, but on the other hand it definitely reinforced China's tendency to self-reliance approach which continues today.

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Shane's avatar

One day, Xi is doing to wake up, set his Out of Office message to read “To the Strongest” and die.

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