Podcasts about Deng Xiaoping

In the 1980s, Deng Xiaoping's government decided not to regulate its fishing sector. What grew out of that space was extraordinary. Today China produces 76 million tonnes of seafood a year, and a mounting environmental cost. This episode follows the small farms and the global infrastructure that connects them, and asks what happens when a government tries to course correct a system it deliberately set loose.For more info, transcript and resources, visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode102Want to share your reflections on the episode? Send us an email or voice memo to podcast@tabledebates.orgGuestsHan Han, Founder and director of NGO China Blue Sustainability InstituteXuefei Shi, Researcher at Chr. Michelsen Institute in Bergen, NorwayJames Keeley, Food and agricultural development consultant and China specialistEpisode written, hosted, produced and edited by Matthew Kessler. Sound mixing by Martin Palmqvist. Music by Blue dot sessions.

Get your copy of Gita Wirjawan's book, “What It Takes: Southeast Asia”, NOW:https://books.endgame.id/Also available on Amazon:https://sgpp.me/amazon/Leave your review here:www.goodreads.com/book/show/241922036-what-it-takes------------------------------------------------------------Is democracy the only path, or simply just a method?Many of us believe that democracy is the only path—if not the best path—to nation-building. Yet, drawing on his expertise in international relations and his experience as an English interpreter for senior Chinese leaders (including Deng Xiaoping), Dr. Zhang Weiwei tells a very different story from his homeland, a story that stands in sharp contrast to the historical experience of Western civilization: China.China's historical experience suggests that the large-scale development of a nation can be achieved while remaining deeply rooted in its own cultural spirit. From his account of how Deng Xiaoping set China on a path of transformation through a process of self-correction, to his critique of political paradigms that divide the world into the binary categories of "democracy" and "autocracy," Zhang invites us to consider the successes of alternative models of political and developmental order.There are parts of the world that have progressed, prospered, and come to terms with their own troubled histories without democracy serving as their vessel.Find out more about The China Academy:https://thechinaacademy.org/‪@thinkersforum4149‬

Dietmar Dath zu narrativem Utopisieren. zur Veranstaltung ‘Creative Construction and the Struggle over Progress – Democratic Planning in the 21st Century' am 11.06.2026, 19:00 Uhr im NACHTASYL Hamburg:  https://www.thalia-theater.de/de/stuecke/creative-construction-and-the-struggle-over-progress-democratic-planning-in-the-21st-century/361 Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2026). Creative Construction. Demokratische Planung im 21. Jahrhundert. Brumaire.  https://brumaireverlag.myshopify.com/products/creative-construction Saito, K. (2026). Am Ende des Fortschritts: Überleben in den Ruinen des Kapitalismus. dtv.  https://www.dtv.de/buch/am-ende-des-fortschritts-28534 Shownotes Dietmar Dath Dietmar Dath bei der Frankfurter Allgemeinen:  https://www.faz.net/redaktion/dietmar-dath-200002914.html Staab, P. (2025). Systemkrise. Suhrkamp.  https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/philipp-staab-systemkrise-t-9783518128237 zum Kohei Saito Zitat “The future is collapsed. The future is barbarism”:     https://thenew.institute/en/people/kohei-saito zu Peter Hacks: https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd118544330.html#dbocontent zu Kohei Saito:  https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/people/k0001_04217.html zu Wachstum bei Kohei Saito:  Saito, K. (2024). Slow Down: How Degrowth Communism can save the Earth. W&N. https://www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/kohei-saito/slow-down/9781399612975/ zur Debatte zwischen Karl Kraus und Bertold Brecht:  New Brecht Research. (2017). Karl Kraus und Bertolt Brecht: Über die Vergleichbarkeit des Unvergleichlichen. Cambridge University Press.  https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/brecht-yearbook-das-brechtjahrbuch-40/karl-kraus-und-bertolt-brecht-uber-die-vergleichbarkeit-des-unvergleichlichen/2A44E347B63B3D9CA03BA5B176595BAF zu Kim Stanley Robinson:  https://www.penguin.de/autoren/kim-stanley-robinson/108810 Bogdanow, A. (1908 [2023]). Der rote Stern. Ein utopistischer Roman. Hofenberg. https://www.morawa.at/detail/ISBN-9783743742567/Bogdanow-Alexander/Der-rote-Stern zu Sokrates Diktum ‘Das unerforschte Leben ist nicht lebenswert': https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_unerforschte_Leben_ist_nicht_lebenswert Dath, D. (2008). Die Abschaffung der Arten. Suhrkamp. https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/dietmar-dath-die-abschaffung-der-arten-t-9783518461457 zum Arno Schmidt Zitat „Friß Deine Knackwurst, Sklav, / und halt Dein Maul!“: Schmidt, A. Deutsches Elend. Haffmans.  https://www.abebooks.de/9783251001729/Deutsches-Elend-3251001728/plp?srsltid=AfmBOoq3TGqF7mNkpjPkajJW59Tayz53LjBrISop2z66e3143yl5nzM7 Wells, H. G. (2025). Die Zeitmaschine. Anaconda.  https://www.penguin.de/buecher/h-g-wells-die-zeitmaschine-roman/lederausgabe/9783730615621 Das vollständige Zitat von Marx & Engels: “(...) - während in der kommunistischen Gesellschaft, wo Jeder nicht einen ausschließlichen Kreis der Tätigkeit hat, sondern sich in jedem beliebigen Zweige ausbilden kann, die Gesellschaft die allgemeine Produktion regelt und mir eben dadurch möglich macht, heute dies, morgen jenes zu tun, morgens zu jagen, nachmittags zu fischen, abends Viehzucht zu treiben, nach dem Essen zu kritisieren, wie ich gerade Lust habe, ohne je Jäger, Fischer, Hirt oder Kritiker zu werden”.  Marx, K. & Engels, F. (1845-1846 [2025]). Die deutsche Ideologie. Dietz Berlin.  https://dietzberlin.de/produkt/mew-marx-engels-werke-band-3-2/ Marx, K. (1867-1894 [2020]). Das Kapital I-III. Nikol Verlag.  https://nikol-verlag.de/products/das-kapital zu Deng Xiaoping:  https://www.bpb.de/themen/asien/china/44262/portraet-deng-xiaoping/ zur Internationalen Arbeiterassoziation (IAA):   https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationale_Arbeiterassoziation Arendt, H. (1968 [2012]). Menschen in finsteren Zeiten. Piper.  https://www.piper.de/buecher/menschen-in-finsteren-zeiten-isbn-978-3-492-27491-3 zur Pascalschen Wette:  https://www.philomag.de/artikel/blaise-pascals-wette-auf-gott zum Film ‘Zwei zu eins' von Natja Brunckhorst:  https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwei_zu_eins zu den ‘Innsbrucker Brillenversuchen':   https://ulb-dok.uibk.ac.at/ZuFo/periodical/pagetext/3390118 Vogl, J. (2020). Oikodizee. In J. Vogl & B. Wolf (Ed.), Handbuch Literatur & Ökonomie (pp. 224-226). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. https://www.degruyterbrill.com/de/document/doi/10.1515/9783110516821-043/html?srsltid=AfmBOooZTqBa7NJlVlREfgACbQtOhaXHMT0kvM18najxaXGB1MTAiEkZ zu Palantir und Peter Thiel:  https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir_Technologies https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel Godwin, T. (1954). The Cold Equations. Astounding Magazine.  https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-cold-equations/ zu Peter Wessel Zapffe und sein Buch ‘Der letzte Messias':  https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Wessel_Zapffe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Messiah https://philosophynow.org/issues/45/The_Last_Messiah Thiel, P. & Masters, B. (2014). Zero to One: Wie Innovation unsere Gesellschaft rettet. Campus.  https://campus.de/wirtschaft-gesellschaft/wirtschaftssachbuch/zero-to-one/CAM50160?srsltid=AfmBOorr-gSCbflqzy12O7H4p9byHg3veREUThkWa7umEYx_vAOcYacp Beckett, L. X. (2019). Gamechanger.   https://www.lxbeckett.com/gamechanger/ zur 68er Bewegung:   https://www.bpb.de/themen/zeit-kulturgeschichte/68er-bewegung/ zu Louis Pasteur:  https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Pasteur zu Obschtschina (russische Dorfgemeinschaft) und Marx:  https://www.telepolis.de/article/Britischer-Kolonialismus-und-russische-Dorfgemeinde-Zerstoerung-und-Ueberlebenshoffnung-4000616.html?seite=all Dath, D. )2019). Niegeschichte: Science Fiction als Kunst- und Denkmaschine. Matthes & Seitz.  https://www.matthes-seitz-berlin.de/buch/niegeschichte.html zum Third World Network-Africa:  https://www.twnafrica.org/ zur 14. WTO-Ministerkonferenz in Yaoundé, Kamerun:  https://www.bpb.de/kurz-knapp/hintergrund-aktuell/576435/14-wto-ministerkonferenz-in-yaounde/ von Redecker, E. (2026). Dieser Drang nach Härte. Über den neuen Faschismus. S. Fischer.  https://www.fischerverlage.de/buch/eva-von-redecker-dieser-drang-nach-haerte-9783103977240 Relevante Future Histories Folgen S03E55 | Kim Stanley Robinson on Real Utopian Futures https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e55-kim-stanley-robinson-on-real-utopian-futures/ S03E53 | Philipp Staab zur Systemkrise  https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e53-philipp-staab-zur-systemkrise/ S03E45 | Luise Meier zu kommunisitischem Utopisieren https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e45-luise-meier-zu-kommunistischem-utopisieren/ S02E38 | Eva von Redecker zu Bleibefreiheit und Demokratischer Planung https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e38-eva-von-redecker-zu-bleibefreiheit-und-demokratischer-planung/ S01E25 | Joseph Vogl zur Krise des Regierens https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e25-joseph-vogl-zur-krise-des-regierens/ — Future Histories Kontakt & Unterstützung: Wenn euch Future Histories gefällt, dann erwägt doch bitte eine Unterstützung auf Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories Schreibt mir unter: office@futurehistories.today Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/ Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistories Website mit allen Folgen: https://www.futurehistories.today/ Episode Keywords #DietmarDath, #JanGroos, #Interview, #FrankfurterAllgemeine, #FutureHistories, #SciFi, #ScienceFiction, #Fantasy, #Utopie, #Markt, #Zukunft, #Kommunismus, #Sozialismus, #Demokratie, #Imagination, #Gesellschaft, #Literatur, #Marxismus, #Marx, #Engels, #Solidarität, #Narrative, #Geschichte  

Para entender a disputa entre Estados Unidos e China é preciso recuar até 1776. Essa é a tese de Pedro Costa Jr., editor de Geopolítica e Relações Internacionais do jornal GGN, doutor em Ciência Política pela Universidade de São Paulo e autor do recém-lançado Estados Unidos versus China, a luta pelo poder global, publicado pela Editora Escuta. Neste episódio, produzido em parceria com o Observatório Político dos Estados Unidos, Tatiana Teixeira, editora-chefe do OPEU, e Yasmin Reis, pesquisadora do OPEU e doutoranda em Relações Internacionais pelo Programa Interinstitucional Santiago Dantas, recebem Pedro para uma conversa que articula teoria do poder global, história de longa duração e conjuntura contemporânea. A entrevista atravessa o encontro secreto entre Henry Kissinger e Zhou Enlai em 1971, a histórica visita de Nixon a Mao Tse Tung em 1972, o trauma do Vietnã, a reforma e abertura conduzida por Deng Xiaoping, a entrada da China na Organização Mundial do Comércio em 2001, o pivô fracassado de Barack Obama para a Ásia e o consenso bipartidário em Washington em torno da contenção global da China. Pedro discute por que Washington despertou tarde demais para o que Giovanni Arrighi chamou de transferência da fábrica e do cofre do mundo do Atlântico para o Pacífico e o que a aliança sem limites entre China e Rússia, firmada vinte dias antes da invasão da Ucrânia, sinaliza sobre o fim da velha ordem mundial liberal. Aperte o play. Quer apoiar o Chutando a Escada? Acesse chutandoaescada.com.br/apoio Mande um café usando nossa chave PIX: perguntas@chutandoaescada.com.br Comentários, críticas, sugestões? Escreva pra gente em perguntas@chutandoaescada.com.br Participaram deste episódio: Tatiana Teixeira (OPEU), Yasmin Reis (OPEU; PPGRI Santiago Dantas), Pedro Costa Jr. (GGN; USP). Capa do episódio: FT Escute também no Spotify, no YouTube ou Apple Podcasts. Citados no episódio ANDERSON, Perry. “Balanço do neoliberalismo”. In: SADER, Emir; GENTILI, Pablo (orgs.). Pós-neoliberalismo: as políticas sociais e o Estado democrático. Rio de Janeiro: Paz e Terra, 1995. ARRIGHI, Giovanni. O longo século XX: dinheiro, poder e as origens do nosso tempo. Rio de Janeiro: Contraponto, 1996. ARRIGHI, Giovanni. Adam Smith em Pequim: origens e fundamentos do século XXI. São Paulo: Boitempo, 2008. ARRIGHI, Giovanni; SILVER, Beverly J. Caos e governabilidade no moderno sistema mundial. Rio de Janeiro: Contraponto, 2001. COSTA JR., Pedro. Estados Unidos versus China: a luta pelo poder global. São Paulo: Editora Escuta, 2025. FUKUYAMA, Francis. O fim da história e o último homem. Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, 1992. HOBSBAWM, Eric. Era dos extremos: o breve século XX (1914-1991). São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1995. KAGAN, Robert. The World America Made. New York: Knopf, 2012. KISSINGER, Henry. Sobre a China. Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, 2011. VELASCO E CRUZ, Sebastião C. Os Estados Unidos no desconcerto do mundo. São Paulo: Editora Unesp, 2010. WALLERSTEIN, Immanuel. O declínio do poder americano. Rio de Janeiro: Contraponto, 2004. Capítulos: 00:00 Introdução e apresentação do convidado 02:30 Por que os anos 1970 são o ponto nevrálgico da relação sino-americana 09:00 De fábrica a cérebro do mundo, a transferência geoeconômica para o Pacífico 17:00 A viagem secreta de Kissinger e o jantar com Mao Tse Tung 27:00 O atropelo diplomático, o tempo milenar do império do meio 40:00 A janela perdida, por que os Estados Unidos não pararam a China em 1989 55:00 O consenso bipartidário em Washington pela contenção da China 1:01:00 A aliança sem limites entre Pequim e Moscou e o fim da velha ordem liberal The post EUA x China: A luta pelo poder global appeared first on Chutando a Escada.

En las últimas décadas, el ejército de la República Popular China ha pasado de ser obsoleto a convertirse en uno de los más modernos y equipados del mundo. El desarrollo militar de Beijing responde a una política de Estado orientada a proteger los intereses económicos y comerciales construidos desde las reformas impulsadas por Deng Xiaoping en 1978. Sin embargo, en plena carrera armamentística y en un contexto de crecientes tensiones geopolíticas, el gigante asiático enfrenta un desafío mayor: Estados Unidos, aún la principal potencia militar del mundo.

Er zijn zo veel heerlijke boeken verschenen, dat het tijd is voor een extra boekenspecial. Nieuwe boeken over unieke vrouwen, ideologen, ballingen, sublieme schrijvers, politici, denkers en grote liefdes. Over China, Haagse politiek, Frankrijk, Duitsland, Engeland, Amerika en nog veel meer. Met hoofdrollen daarin van Napoleon, Churchill, Deng Xiaoping, Hitler, Lubbers, Kok, Rutte en natuurlijk weer de families Mann en Von Humboldt. Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger bespreken zes boeken! *** Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show! Meld je aan voor het Europa Festival van Pro op zaterdag 9 mei in BlueCity Rotterdam, het oude Tropicana Heb je belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Zend ons een mailtje en wij zoeken contact *** Sonia Purnell - Kingmaker: Pamela Churchill Harriman's astonishing life of seduction, intrigue and power Churchill vertrouwde haar volstrekt. Zijn schoondochter Pamela was de beste spion die hij ooit had. En zij kende al zijn geheimen, angsten en heldenmoed. In zijn laatste levensjaren nog ging zij met hem mee als gezelschap op het jacht van Onassis. Daar ontmoette zij niet alleen Maria Callas, maar ook oude vrienden: JFK en zijn Jackie. Pamela Digby Churchill Harriman kende iédereen. Ze was een overlevingskunstenares, geliefde van een lange reeks van de machtigste en rijkste mannen uit heel de wereld en een politiek dier van de buitenklasse. Zij was het die Bill Clinton ontdekte voor het presidentschap. Hij schonk haar een droombaan: ambassadeur van Amerika in Parijs. Ook daar was zij een spectaculair succes. Ze wond Jacques Chirac om haar vinger en wist vrede te stichten in een gruwelijke oorlog. Wát een leven! Margot Dijgraaf - Germaine de Staël. Schrijver, balling en feminist avant la lettre Germaine verslaat zelfs Pamela als vrouw met een avontuurlijk leven in wilde tijden. Ze was briljant, schreef bestsellers in zowel de romanliteratuur als wetenschappelijke en politieke essays. Goethe vertaalde haar, Klemens von Metternich en tsaar Alexander ontvingen haar, Wilhelm von Humboldt was een vriend, filosofen als Friedrich von Schlegel en Benjamin Constant waren haar metgezellen, koningin Marie Antoinette was een vriendin die haar wijze adviezen helaas niet volgde. Haar leven tussen 1766 en 1817 viel samen met alle grote revoluties van die jaren en zij speelde daar een opmerkelijke rol in, kende alle hoofdfiguren, correspondeerde en discussieerde met hen. Haar kasteeltje in Coppet, even buiten Genève, was haar salon en die samenkomsten werden 'de Staten Generaal van Europa' genoemd. Ze had één vijand. Napoleon. Ze kritiseerde hem en zijn ondemocratische machtsdrift rechtstreeks in zijn gezicht. Hij liet haar verbannen en de eerste druk van haar boek over Duitsland vernietigen. Toch werd ook dit een bestseller. Margit van der Steen – ‘Ware wonderdieren’. De eerste vrouwen in de Nederlandse politiek (1917-1927) Wie waren de vrouwen die als eersten in ons land politieke functies konden veroveren? Wat maakten zij mee? Hoe werden zij bejegend? Dit boek is een tijdsbeeld van Nederland en het verhaal van deze pioniers. Het werd ze allerminst makkelijk gemaakt, want op rechts en net zo goed op links waren veel mannen allerminst ingenomen of overtuigd van de waarde van de vrouw in de politiek. Troelstra zag hen als risico voor de komst van het socialistisme. De gereformeerden vonden dat vrouwen geen plaats hadden in de harde wereld van macht en geld. De katholieken vonden het moederschap en niet het bestuur haar ware bestemming. Maar daar trokken de politieke pioniers zich weinig van aan. Fascinerende mensen, voor de duvel niet bang. Leer ze kennen. Suze Groeneweg, Carry Pothuis-Smit, Aletta Jacobs. Maar ook Wilhelmina van Itallie-Van Embden, een meesterinterviewer die Kamerlid werd. Frida Katz, het wetgevingskanon van de CHU. Eiske ten Bos-Harkema, een 'rooie vrouw' die het cachot in moest toen ze een 'MeToo'-schandaal onthulde. De liberalen, die het meest hun best hadden gedaan om het vrouwenkiesrecht te realiseren, werden er niet voor beloond. Algemeen kiesrecht beloonde vooral de socialisten. En veel vrouwen conservatief te stemmen. Florian Illies - Als de zon ondergaat (verschijnt op 12 mei in de Nederlandse vertaling) In de zomer van 1933 was het heerlijk aan de Côte d'Azur. Maar Thomas Mann was wanhopig. Kon hij ooit terug naar München naar zijn schrijftafel, zijn romans, verhalen, essays? Florian Illies' documentaire roman schetst die eerste maanden in ballingschap en de ontworteling van de grote schrijver, zijn familie en hun vrienden in Sanary sur Mer. Hoe dochter Erika een dappere regisseur van het overleven tegen Hitler werd. Hoe zoon Klaus in Zandvoort levensmoe leek, maar in verzet een levensdoel hervond. Hoe zoon Golo van verlegen student een stille held werd. En Goebbels stiekem meekeek. IJzingwekkend. Dik Verkuil - De ongenaakbare Bolkestein Een monumentale biografie die een tijdsbeeld geeft van Nederland in de twintigste eeuw. Van het chique milieu van de Amsterdamse elite, van dat van de studenten vroeger, van Shell als koloniaal bedrijf, van de VVD die transformeerde van nette heren partij naar volkse machtsfactor. En Frits Bolkestein loopt daar doorheen, eigenwijs, horkerig, provocerend, aarzelend tussen conservatisme en liberalisme. Trots op zijn gave van 'haute vulgarisation' die maatschappelijke thema's hielp agenderen. Maar ook tragisch. Want als bewindsman, als Eurocommissaris en als politiek leider in de paarse periode boekte hij nauwelijks concrete resultaten. Het premierschap ontglipte hem door eigen, aarzelende vaagheid. Zijn opvolging werd een drama. En zijn Magnum Opus, het boek dat hij decennialang aankondigde, werd een flop. Maar toch, wát een leven! Kevin Rudd – On Xi Jinping. How Xi's marxist nationalism is shaping China and the World Hoe denkt de machtigste man op aarde? Sinoloog en oud-premier van Australië, Kevin Rudd, durft het aan in het brein van Xi te kruipen en zijn ideologische kerngedachten te ontcijferen. Zo kruipen we met hem in de geest van een totalitair heerser, een man naar wie iedereen in China moet opkijken en die men heeft te gehoorzamen. Meest fundamenteel is het feit dat Xi een ware gelovige is. Het marxisme-leninisme is de enige wetenschappelijk bewezen analyse van de wereld en wie deze zuiver volgt, kán niet falen. Daarom heeft hij met drie correcties het bewind van zijn voorganger Deng Xiaoping diepgaand veranderd. Bij de centrale macht van de Partij en bij de economische verschillen binnen China wijst hij een koers 'naar links' aan. Terug naar Lenin en de jonge Mao. Nivellering en een nadruk op staatsbedrijven. Zuivering in partij en legertop. Bij de nationale identiteit van China wijst Xi naar het verleden, naar de tijd voor Mao. De ideologie, cultuur en zelfs bepaalde zeden en religie uit de keizertijd zijn weer acceptabel. Want China is en was één en superieur. Als rode keizer is Xi wereldlijk leider en spiritueel heerser tegelijk. *** Tijdlijn 00:00:00 – Introductie 00:06:75 – Pamela Digby 00:29:48 – Germaine de Staël 00:42:07 – De eerste vrouwen in de Nederlandse politiek 01:05:48 – De familie Mann op de vlucht voor Hitler 01:12:22 – Frits Bolkestein 01:32:11 – Xi Jinping 01:58:06 – Einde *** Verder luisteren Kingmaker 479 - Winston Churchill. Staatsman. Redenaar. Excentriekeling 32 - Churchill en Europa: biografen Andrew Roberts en Felix Klos Germaine de Staël 190 - Napoleon, 200 jaar na zijn dood: zijn betekenis voor Nederland en Europa 40 – De geniale broers Von Humboldt 519 - Thomas Jefferson, de revolutionaire schrijver van de Onafhankelijkheidsverklaring 570 - 250 jaar VS: John Quincy Adams, leiderschap in het Huis van Afgevaardigden Wonderdieren 113 - De Jaren '20 als wenkend perspectief Mann 105 - Dagelijks leven in Nazi-Duitsland 404 - Thomas Mann in 1949 en de internationale positie van Nederland in dat jaar Bolkestein 485 - De bijzondere veelzijdigheid van Frits Bolkestein 32 - Gesprek met Frits Bolkestein 403 - Sam van Houten, een eeuw lang verrassend dwars 274 - Thorbecke, denker en doener Xi 220 - China's nieuwe culturele revolutie 453 – 75 jaar Volksrepubliek China, waar is het feestje? 564 – Xi Jinping en de zuivering van de Chinese legertop 458 - De gedroomde nieuwe wereldorde van Poetin en Xi 578 - Oorlog voeren in een verdeelde wereld: misverstanden en mislukkingen 551 – Klem tussen Amerika en China: de koude oorlog rond ASMLSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As global tensions sharpen, the world is asking whether a new great power rivalry is emerging, with China at the center of attention. Understanding its direction has never been more urgent.Join us for a focused conversation tracing the forces behind China's rise: the legacy of the century of humiliation, Deng Xiaoping's bold reforms, shifting Party ideology, and Xi Jinping's consolidation of power. We will connect these turning points to the strategic choices China is making today.We also look ahead to China's long term ambitions, its search for alternatives to the Western led international order, and the pressures it faces from trade frictions to demographic change. Join us and discover the key trends and pressures driving China's future direction!

1. Anne Stevenson-Yang recounts China's transition from a poverty-stricken Maoist culture to an export-driven economy. Deng Xiaoping initiated this shift to acquire hard currency, establishing Special Economic Zones like Shenzhen. This era birthed an elite class of well-connected officials who began separating capital from traditional ministries. (1)1903

Merle Groneweg zu Staatskapitalismus, Ökologie und Klimapolitik in China. Shownotes Merle Groneweg M.A. M.Sc. Merle Groneweg an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin  https://www.iaaw.hu-berlin.de/de/ostasien/mitarbeiter-innen/personal/merle-groneweg Merles Interview-Reihe bei Klimareporter.de zu Chinas Klima- und Umweltpolitik: https://klimareporter.de/tag/chinas-klima-und-umweltpolitik zur Konferenz ‘China und WIR: Perspektiven für Frieden, Menschenrechte und sozial-ökologischen Wandel': https://www.attac.de/china-konferenz/startseite zu ‘Nationally Determined Contributions' unter dem Pariser Klimaabkommen:    https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs zu Chinas neuem Fünfjahresplan:  https://www.surplusmagazin.de/china-neuer-funfjahresplan-nationalervolkskongress/ zu CREA (Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air): https://energyandcleanair.org/ zu CREAs Analyse zu Klimafolgen Chinas neuem Fünfjahresplan:  https://energyandcleanair.org/chinas-15th-five-year-plan-implications-for-climate-and-energy-transition/ zu ‘civil-military integration': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%E2%80%93civil_fusion zu ‘dual-use technology:': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-use_technology zum Bereich ‘Rohstoffpolitik' von PowerShift e.V.: https://power-shift.de/themen/rohstoffpolitik-globale-gerechtigkeit-schaffen/ Fatheuer, T., Fuhr, L. & Unmüßig, B. (2015). Kritik der grünen Ökonomie. oekom. https://www.oekom.de/buch/kritik-der-gruenen-oekonomie-9783865817488 zu ‘the securitization of everything' von MERICS (Mercator Institute for China Studies): https://merics.org/en/report/comprehensive-national-security-unleashed-how-xis-approach-shapes-chinas-policies-home-and Merles Interview mit Lifei Yi in der Klimareporter.de Serie:  https://klimareporter.de/international/chinas-umweltpolitik-gibt-dem-staat-mehr-macht Yifei Li an der NYU Shanghai:  https://shanghai.nyu.edu/academics/faculty/directory/yifei-li zu den erwähnten Sondervermögen für die Bundeswehr und Infrastruktur:  https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2022/kw22-de-sondervermoegen-897614 https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/sondervermoegen-doku-1106000 zu ‘Special Economic Zones':  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_economic_zones_of_China Xiangming, C. (2020). Change and Continuity in Special Economic Zones: A Reassessment and Lessons from China. International Corporations Journal 26(2).  https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3623042 zur Recycling-Kampagne in Shanghai: https://www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/recycling-muelltrennung-in-shanghai Schaupp, S. (2024). Stoffwechselpolitik. Arbeit, Natur und die Zukunft des Planeten. Suhrkamp. https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/simon-schaupp-stoffwechselpolitik-t-9783518029862 zum Vorschlag der IEA (International Energy Agency) zur Reduzierung der Autofahrten angesichts der Weltölkrise:  https://www.iea.org/news/new-iea-report-highlights-options-to-ease-oil-price-pressures-on-consumers-in-response-to-middle-east-supply-disruptions zu Merles Interview mit Client Earth bei Klimareporter.de:  https://klimareporter.de/international/china-hat-erhebliche-fortschritte-im-umweltrecht-gemacht zu Client Earth:  https://www.clientearth.org/ zur European Union CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism) Policy:  https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism_en zu Zollpolitik zwischen China und dem ‘Globalen Süden': Adachi, A. (2025). The Global South in the wake of China's economic surplus: Industrial challenges for developing countries and policy recommendations for the EU. BKHS Perspectives.  https://www.helmut-schmidt.de/fileadmin/BKHS_Perspectives_25_09_The_Global_South_in_the_wake_of_China_s_economic_surplus.pdf zum Sprichwort ‘Frauen tragen die Hälfte des Himmels':  https://ostasieninstitut.com/bibliothek/sprichwoerter-ostasiens/frauen-tragen-die-haelfte-des-himmels-%E5%A5%B3%E4%BA%BA%E8%83%BD%E9%A1%B6%E5%8D%8A%E8%BE%B9%E5%A4%A9%E3%80%82-nuren-neng-ding-ban-biantian/ zu den UN Millenniums-Entwicklungszielen und zur Armutsbekämpfung in China:  https://www.un.org/german/sites/default/files/2024-09/MDG%25202015%2520web.pdf https://progressive.international/blueprint/16a350d7-9d05-49d6-b855-5de756f52963-pro-poor-development-how-china-eradicated-poverty/de/ zum ‘New International Economic Order' für die Reformierung internationaler Wirtschaftsbeziehungen:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_International_Economic_Order https://www.iwm.at/publication/iwmpost-article/the-new-international-economic-order-useful-history-for-a-multipolar-world zur Afrikanischen Gruppe (African Group) der United Nations:  https://www.africanunion-un.org/africangroup zum GATT Abkommen 1947 (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade): https://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/gatt47_e.htm zu Deng Xiaoping und seiner Öffnungspolitik :  https://www.bpb.de/themen/asien/china/44262/portraet-deng-xiaoping/ zum IAA (Industrial Accelerator Act): https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/growth/items/928572/en zum IRA (Inflation Reduction Act): https://www.energy.gov/edf/inflation-reduction-act-2022 zum Third World Network-Africa:  https://www.twnafrica.org/ zur 14. WTO-Ministerkonferenz in Yaoundé, Kamerun:  https://www.bpb.de/kurz-knapp/hintergrund-aktuell/576435/14-wto-ministerkonferenz-in-yaounde/ von Redecker, E. (2026). Dieser Drang nach Härte. Über den neuen Faschismus. S. Fischer.  https://www.fischerverlage.de/buch/eva-von-redecker-dieser-drang-nach-haerte-9783103977240 Relevante Future Histories Folgen S03E60 | Felix Wemheuer zu unserer Zukunft mit China  https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e60-felix-wemheuer-zu-unserer-zukunft-mit-china/ S03E08 | Simon Schaupp zu Stoffwechselpolitik https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e08-simon-schaupp-zu-stoffwechselpolitik/ S02E38 | Eva von Redecker zu Bleibefreiheit und Demokratischer Planung https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e38-eva-von-redecker-zu-bleibefreiheit-und-demokratischer-planung/ S02E09 | Isabella M. Weber zu Chinas drittem Weg  https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e09-isabella-m-weber-zu-chinas-drittem-weg/ — Future Histories Kontakt & Unterstützung: Wenn euch Future Histories gefällt, dann erwägt doch bitte eine Unterstützung auf Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories Schreibt mir unter: office@futurehistories.today Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/ Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistories Website mit allen Folgen: https://futurehistories.today Episode Keywords #MerleGroneweg, #JanGroos, #Interview, #HUBerlin, #FutureHistories, #Klimareporter #China, #Planning, #Kapitalismus, #Sozialismus, #Reform, #Klima, #Klimaschutz, #Klimapolitik, #Ökologie, #Staatskapitalismus, #WTO  

durée : 00:28:02 - Une histoire particulière - par : Sacha Corso - Un demi-siècle après le passage des Chinois par Montargis, alors que l'histoire est tombée dans l'oubli, on va découvrir que le successeur de Mao, Deng Xiaoping, a lui aussi vécu dans le Loiret… - réalisation : Vincent Decque

durée : 00:28:02 - Une histoire particulière - par : Sacha Corso - Un demi-siècle après le passage des Chinois par Montargis, alors que l'histoire est tombée dans l'oubli, on va découvrir que le successeur de Mao, Deng Xiaoping, a lui aussi vécu dans le Loiret… - réalisation : Vincent Decque

In the 21st century, China stands as a global economic powerhouse, a trajectory heavily influenced by the reforms initiated in 1978 under Deng Xiaoping. This episode delves into Deng's pivotal role, positioning him as the consequential figure bridging Mao Zedong's era and the present-day leadership of Xi Jinping.Drawing on David Harvey's "A Brief History of Neoliberalism," we explore the economic, social, and ideological transformations that began with Deng's rise to power. At the outset of his reforms, China's economy was almost entirely state-controlled, marked by the "Iron Rice Bowl" system of employment and welfare, and a lagging agrarian sector organized by communes. Deng's initial aim was to lift China out of the chaos and impoverishment left by the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward.The episode examines the gradual liberalization of the Chinese economy, starting with agricultural reforms that dissolved communes in favor of individual responsibility, and the emergence of Township and Village Enterprises (TVEs) as hubs of entrepreneurialism. We explore how these changes led to a surge in rural incomes initially, but also created stark urban-rural disparities and triggered the largest mass migration in world history.We also consider the concept of "neoliberalism with Chinese characteristics" and its applicability to Deng's era, where market forces were unleashed but carefully managed by the state and the Communist Party. The episode highlights key differences between Deng's approach and Xi Jinping's China, particularly in the management of capital and the state's directive role in strategic industries. While a vigorous Chinese capitalism thrives, the episode explains why a capitalist political class has not emerged to rival the Communist Party.Join us as we uncover the complex historical processes that shaped modern China, the figures who steered its course, and the ongoing debates about its unique economic and political model.Explaining History helps you understand the 20th Century through critical conversations and expert interviews. We connect the past to the present. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and share.▸ Support the Show & Get Exclusive ContentBecome a Patron: patreon.com/explaininghistory▸ Join the Community & Continue the ConversationFacebook Group: facebook.com/groups/ExplainingHistoryPodcastSubstack: theexplaininghistorypodcast.substack.com▸ Read Articles & Go DeeperWebsite: explaininghistory.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Heute vor 50 Jahren verlor der chinesische Politiker Deng Xiaoping seine Partei- und Staatsämter. Ihm wurde vorgeworfen einen zu "kapitalistischen Weg" zu verfolgen.

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Um smartphone sendo montado, caças de quinta geração decolando e a expansão das turbinas eólicas. Embora pareçam tecnologias distintas, todas compartilham uma dependência vital: os Elementos de Terras Raras (ETR). Neste vídeo, mergulhamos na complexa geopolítica dos 17 minerais que formam a espinha dorsal da inovação contemporânea e da transição energética global. Apesar do nome, esses elementos são abundantes, mas sua extração e separação química representam um dos maiores desafios técnicos e ambientais da atualidade. Analisamos a "profecia" de Deng Xiaoping e como a China consolidou uma hegemonia que hoje controla 90% do processamento mundial, transformando minérios em ferramentas de pressão diplomática. O Brasil, detentor da segunda maior reserva do planeta, encontra-se em uma encruzilhada estratégica. Possuímos o recurso, mas nos falta a cadeia de processamento. Entenda o que são as argilas iônicas, a importância de elementos como Neodímio e Escândio, e por que o domínio desses materiais definirá as potências do século XXI.

Former Acting Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency David Shedd joins hosts Ray Powell and Jim Carouso to discuss his bestselling book “The Great Heist: China's Epic Campaign to Steal America's Secrets.” Shedd reveals how China has executed the largest illicit wealth transfer in history - an estimated $600 billion per year in stolen Intellectual Property - and why it matters to everyone from Main Street workers to Indo-Pacific allies.In Ep. 138, Shedd breaks down China's “capture, cage, and kill” strategy that lures Western companies with market access, traps them with restrictive laws, then undercuts them with cheaper copies of their own technology. He traces the campaign from Deng Xiaoping's 1984 vision through Made in China 2025 and explains how two false Western assumptions - that China would play by WTO rules and eventually democratize - left the door wide open.The conversation covers the Tesla-to-BYD pipeline, the sale of advanced Nvidia chips, China's hypersonic breakthroughs built on stolen stealth technology, Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon cyber intrusions embedded in critical infrastructure, and what allies like Japan, South Korea, Australia, and the Philippines are doing - or not doing - to respond. Shedd also delivers a direct simulated intelligence briefing to U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of his planned Beijing summit, warning that China's Ministry of State Security now fields over 300,000 operatives with a dedicated bureau targeting the United States.This podcast is essential listening for policymakers, business leaders, academics, and anyone concerned about the intersection of economic security, technology competition, and the future of the Indo-Pacific.

====================================================SUSCRIBETEhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNpffyr-7_zP1x1lS89ByaQ?sub_confirmation=1==================================================== DEVOCIÓN MATUTINA PARA MENORES 2026“HEROES Y VILLANOS”Narrado por: Tatania DanielaDesde: Juliaca, PerúUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist Church24 de MarzoEl héroe desarrollador«El rey hizo que en Jerusalén hubiera tanta plata como piedras; y que abundara el cedro como las higueras silvestres en la llanura» (1 Reyes 10:27).Estoy seguro de que en casa tendremos algún artículo elaborado en China, el gigante económico que ha inundado al mundo con sus productos. Eso se lo debemos a Deng Xiaoping, una figura crucial en la historia moderna del país. Xiaoping implementó políticas económicas que abrieron China al comercio internacional y fomentaron la inversión extranjera. Introdujo el concepto de «socialismo con características chinas», que implicaba la adopción de elementos capitalistas dentro del sistema socialista, promoviendo la liberalización económica y la privatización de algunas industrias.Antes de que Deng Xiaoping iniciara las reformas económicas en China, el país estaba rezagado económicamente en comparación con muchas naciones occidentales y otras economías asiáticas. En 1978, cuando asumió el liderazgo del país, China seguía siendo en gran parte agraria y su economía estaba centralizada en un sistema colectivista. Las políticas económicas anteriores, como el Gran Salto Adelante y la Revolución Cultural, habían provocado estragos en la producción y habían dejado al país económicamente debilitado.Bajo el liderazgo de Xiaoping, China experimentó un rápido crecimiento económico y una modernización significativa en diversas áreas, incluyendo la industria, la agricultura, la educación y la infraestructura. Se promovió la inversión en tecnología y se fomentó la innovación, lo que contribuyó al ascenso de China como potencia mundial en el siglo XXI.Xiaoping era un hombre pragmático. Durante una visita a Guangdong en 1987, utilizó una metáfora para explicar su enfoque hacia las políticas económicas. En medio de un debate sobre el socialismo y el capitalismo, Deng dijo: «No importa si el gato es negro o blanco, mientras cace ratones». Xiaoping estaba dispuesto a utilizar elementos del capitalismo para mejorar la economía socialista de China, desafiando las convenciones políticas tradicionales.La Biblia habla del rey Salomón como aquel que superó a todos los reyes de la tierra en riqueza y sabiduría. La prosperidad económica y la sabiduría de Salomón, así como la influencia que ejercía sobre otras naciones, eran pasmosas. Salomón es conocido por haber establecido un reino próspero y poderoso en Israel durante su reinado.Mientras Salomón usó el desarrollo económico para glorificar a Dios, las cosas fueron bien para Israel. Dios no está peleado con las riquezas ni se opone a la prosperidad. Si los recursos que generamos ayudan al cumplimiento de la misión de la iglesia y al mejoramiento de la calidad de vida de los demás, entonces el dinero puede ser una bendición. 

In this latest conversation, we speak with Minxin Peiabout his latest book, The Broken China Dream: How Reform Revived Totalitarianism (Princeton University Press, 2025),which challenges the enduring assumption that economic development naturally leads to democracy. Pei argues that China's post-Mao reforms produced not political liberalization but a resilient, adaptive form of authoritarianism.Focusing on the Deng Xiaoping time, he shows how these changes also reinforced centralized authority, fostered corruption, and sidelined reformist actors—laying the groundwork for neo-authoritarian rule. The conversation turns to nationalism and the Patriotic Education Campaign, probing how nationalism in contemporary China has been mobilized to legitimize Xi Jinping's totalizing control. We ask whether the features once seen as China's strengths—partydominance and controlled markets—are now sources of fragility under Xi Jinping.Dwelling on the significance of the title of the book, we explore how the rise of China, counterintuitive to many in the West, is ultimately an example of contradictions inherent in modern as well as Chinese politics.

Part 8 of reuploading classic history episodes in the run up to our book club review of Serve the People! by Yan Lianke.The death of Mao Zedong and the trial of the Gang of Four are traditionally used as the signifiers of the end of the Cultural Revolution. The violent and turbulent 10 year period came to a sudden stop as political in-fighting continued until Deng Xiaoping was able to quash his foes and come out on top.In this episode, we cover how the Cultural Revolution finally came to an end, how the period is interpreted both in the West and in China, and what effect the Cultural Revolution has had on Chinese society as a whole.Intro: 00:00Opening: 01:09The end of the Cultural Revolution: 6:20Interpreting the CR: 20:25Aftermath of the CR and memory in contemporary China: 31:23Outro: 41:25Buy bookclub books hereBuy me a coffeeLinks to everythingSupport the showSign up for Buzzsprout to launch your podcasting journey: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=162442Subscribe to the Sinobabble Newsletter: https://sinobabble.substack.com/Support Sinobabble on Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Sinobabblepod

Chi potrebbe guidare la Cina dopo Xi Jinping: alcuni nomi che analisti e osservatori ritengono possibili. Del resto, la successione dei leader in Cina non ha regole scritte: nel corso della storia della Repubblica popolare è stato Deng Xiaoping a provare a sistemare alcune cose al riguardo. Ma Xi Jinping ha modificato molte consuetudini del potere a Pechino, finendo per creare una specie di buco nero sul futuro della leadership cinese: non ha indicato un successore e non sembra ancora volerlo fare. Ma tra i funzionari più importanti, chi potrebbe essere il suo erede? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oppermachtig, president en partijleider voor het leven - de eerste sinds Mao. Xi Jinping wist zelfs Donald Trump te imponeren, ‘straight from Central Casting in Hollywood’. Dramatische gebeurtenissen in Beijing - zuivering van de militaire top, aanklachten wegens corruptie en atoomspionage, geruchten over een couppoging - duiden op grote troebelen en een onverwacht machtsvacuüm. Wat weten we, wat betekent dit en welke consequenties heeft dit voor China, voor Xi’s positie en de geopolitieke verhoudingen? *** Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show! Deze aflevering bevat een advertentie van Oogwereld Heb je belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Zend ons een mailtje en wij zoeken contact. *** Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger pluizen de berichten uit. Officiële verklaringen en commentaren in Beijing, maar ook de tsunami aan geruchten over de ongekende ingreep in de Centrale Militaire Commissie. Naast voorzitter Xi Jinping is nog maar één lid in functie. Vicevoorzitter generaal Zhang Youxia en chefstaf generaal Liu Zhenli zijn opgepakt. Ze worden beschuldigd van insubordinatie en 'verraad aan het vertrouwen van de Communistische Partij en haar Centraal Comité'. Vervolgens zijn bijna al hun collega's uit hun functie verwijderd en is in heel China in de topstructuur van de militaire districten en krijgsmachtonderdelen een massale zuivering en ontslaggolf gaande. Die formele beschuldiging wijst erop, dat hier geen sprake is van een verschil van inzicht over militaire kwesties alleen. De ingreep van Xi gaat veel dieper. Dit raakt aan de essentie van het vertrouwen tussen de partij, de politieke leiding en de leiding van het Volksbevrijdingsleger als geheel. En juist die balans van de twee machtscentra van de staat is cruciaal voor de ongebreidelde macht van Xi en die van zijn voorgangers als opperste leider en roerganger. Het conflict gaat dan ook over de continuïteit en fundamenten van die politieke macht, zoals in elke dictatoriale staat. Dit evenwicht is door het onthoofden van de CMC nu in één klap verwoest. De vraag naar die continuïteit van de macht is een vraag naar de betekenis en effecten van het feit dat Xi Jinping leider voor het leven is geworden. Dat roept hoe dan ook de vraag op: en wat dan? De militaire top wil zekerheid over wie hun opperbevelhebber zal zijn, terwijl van een breed gedragen regeling voor de opvolging - zoals Deng Xiaoping die ooit doorvoerde - geen sprake meer is. Wie daar hoe en wanneer over zal gaan is onhelder gehouden. In 2027 zal het volgende partijcongres daar wellicht over beslissen en ook in het Centraal Comité, in de machtige regio's was al enig rumoer merkbaar. De legertop was blijkbaar betrokken bij die onderhuidse signalen en eerdere zuiveringen indiceerden al spanningen en twijfels aan de koers van Xi. Bovendien was sprake van scherp toegenomen spanning over de voorziene aanpak van Taiwan. Het jaar 2027 staat daarin centraal. Dan wil Xi klaar zijn voor een definitieve aanpak van het weerspannige eiland en de hereniging tot één China realiseren. Daar komt nog iets bij dat van grote symbolische betekenis is. Dit najaar herdenkt China de dood van Mao Zedong in1976 en volgend jaar viert het 'honderd jaar Volksbevrijdingsleger'. Dat generaal Zhang insuborinatie pleegde, duidt erop dat hij de koers van Xi ten aanzien van Taiwan wel erg riskant vond en de voorbereidingen voor de invasie niet zonder meer wilde implementeren. Dat zou ertoe leiden dat Xi die grote regime-jubilea zou moeten laten passeren zonder het verwachte succes bij de nationale hereniging. Hij zou dan de al vele jaren bestaande strategie dat China in 2035 op gelijke voet met Amerika moet staan als enige wapenfeit over houden. Zijn gezag als partijleider komt zo in het geding. De vraagt rijst dan of de 74-jarige Xi niet door iemand uit een jongere generatie vervangen moet worden. Zie hier de verbinding tussen de strategische, geopolitieke dilemma's en de onopgeloste opvolgingsvraag. Ook de zeer sombere, soms dystopische speech van Xi bij het recente '75 Jaar Rood China' feest wordt hierdoor ineens veel beter te begrijpen. Heeft in China een dergelijk drama zich al eerder voltrokken? Al tijdens de jonge democratische republiek in de jaren twintig van de vorige eeuw was 'warlordism' een groot probleem. De zwakke democratische instituties werden permanent ondermijnd door regionale militaire bazen die met elkaar burgeroorlogen begonnen en soms ook met Japan samenwerkten tegen de republiek. Mao kon hen met zijn Volksbevrijdingsleger tegen elkaar, Japan en de Kuomintang uitspelen en won zo de overhand. In crisisfasen van Mao's regime - zoals de Grote Sprong Voorwaarts en de Culturele Revolutie - doken onmiddellijk zulke regionale conflicten en warlords weer op. Het leger drukte dit telkens hardhandig te kop in, met een sleutelrol voor maarschalk Ye Jianying. Die was ook cruciaal in de meest opmerkelijke couppoging. In 1971 deed Mao's kroonprins, defensieminister Lin Biao, een greep naar de macht. Dit 'Project 571' mislukte en op de vlucht naar Moskou werd boven Mongolië Lins vliegtuig neergehaald. Na Mao's dood grepen Ye en het leger weer in, namen zijn weduwe Jiang Qing en haar aanhang gevangen en zorgden dat Deng Xiaoping de nieuwe leider werd. Er was weer eenheid in commando over staat en krijgsmacht. Precies die incoherentie is het grote risico dat Xi nu loopt. De onzekerheid over de politieke ontwikkelingen en stabiliteit van China verhoogt de toch al labiele situatie wereldwijd. Dat bijvoorbeeld zeer recent India en de EU, maar ook de EU en Vietnam nadrukkelijk elkaar als strategische partners hebben gevonden heeft hier alles mee te maken. Dat Nederland als het land van ASML in deze troebelen rond Taiwan, China, Japan en Amerika een belangrijke rol speelt, had Den Haag zich kortgeleden nog niet kunnen indenken. De agenda van Rob Jetten en het strategisch inzicht van zijn ministers Tom Berendsen en Sjoerd Sjoerdsma worden al bij aantreden danig op de proef gesteld. *** Verder kijken Volksbevrijdingsleger - Lange Mars Musical (1976) *** Verder luisteren Xi Jinping 453 – 75 jaar Volksrepubliek China, waar is het feestje? 306 - De gevoelige geopolitieke relatie met China24 - Ties Dams over China's nieuwe keizer Xi Jinping China en zijn leiders250 - Nixon in China: de week die de wereld veranderde 225 - Nixon in China: Henry Kissinger's geheime (en hilarische) trip naar Beijing 245 - Oompje neemt de trein – de reis die China naar de 21e eeuw bracht 220 - China's nieuwe culturele revolutie 58 - 70 jaar China, de Volksrepubliek van Mao, Deng en Xi Geopolitieke troebelen 549 - China en Japan op ramkoers 458 - De gedroomde nieuwe wereldorde van Poetin en Xi Lessen voor Jetten, Berendsen en Sjoerdsma 551 – Klem tussen Amerika en China: de koude oorlog rond ASML 558 – Poetins rampjaar, Jettens kans *** Tijdlijn 00:00:00 – Deel 1 00:22:55 – Deel 2 00:45:49 – Deel 3 01:27:10 – EindeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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SEGMENT 11: FEINSTEIN AND BLUM'S SHANGHAI CONNECTIONS Guest: Lee Smith Smith details how San Francisco Mayor Diane Feinstein and husband Richard Blum cultivated relationships with Shanghai's mayor and later Tiananmen dictator Deng Xiaoping, becoming apologists for the regime. These connections exemplify how American political figures enriched themselves while providing cover for China's authoritarian government.1905 Shanghai

SHOW SCHEDULE 1-23-261935 BRUSSELSSEGMENT 1: WEST COAST CITIES IN CRISIS Guest: Jeff Bliss (Pacific Watch) Bliss surveys struggling western cities: Las Vegas grapples with $45 martinis reflecting inflation pressures, Seattle deteriorates worse than Portland, while In-N-Out Burger expands eastward seeking better markets. San Francisco's doom loop deepens as LA gangs now control homeless encampments, marking new lows in urban dysfunction.SEGMENT 2: NEWSOM'S 2028 PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS Guest: Jeff Bliss (Pacific Watch) Bliss examines Governor Gavin Newsom positioning for a 2028 presidential run through public sparring with Trump. Despite national media attention from these confrontations, Newsom faces weak approval ratings within California where residents experience firsthand the failures his administration struggles to address or explain away.SEGMENT 3: LISA COOK CASE DRAWS FED GIANTS TO SCOTUS Guest: Richard Epstein Epstein analyzes oral arguments in the Lisa Cook case with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and former Chair Ben Bernanke attending the Supreme Court proceedings. Discussion examines the legal questions at stake, implications for Federal Reserve independence and appointments, and why this case attracted such extraordinary central banking attention.SEGMENT 4: GREENLAND TARIFFS LACK LEGAL FOUNDATION Guest: Richard Epstein Epstein argues Trump's tariff threats over Greenland lack constitutional justification, representing neither genuine emergency nor legitimate tool to punish nations disagreeing with American territorial claims. Discussion covers executive overreach on trade policy, legal vulnerabilities of using economic coercion for diplomatic leverage, and likely judicial constraints ahead.SEG 5 BATCHELOR POD 012326.mp3MP3SEG 6 BATCHELOR POD 012326.mp3MP3SEG 7 BATCHELOR POD 012326.mp3MP3SEGMENT 5: ITALY'S WINTER OLYMPICS FACE SNOW CRISIS Guest: Lorenzo Fiori and Jeff Bliss Fiori and Bliss report on Cyclone Harry striking Italy while the eastern Alps suffer inadequate snowfall threatening upcoming Winter Olympics venues. Discussion covers the paradox of extreme weather alongside poor ski conditions, organizers scrambling to prepare bobsled and alpine courses, and climate uncertainties plaguing winter sports planning.SEGMENT 6: LANCASTER COUNTY POST-CHRISTMAS CALM Guest: Jim McTagueMcTague reports from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania experiencing typical post-Christmas slowdown as locals anticipate incoming snowfall with excitement rather than dread. Discussion recalls past snow panic in Alexandria, Virginia and contrasts rural Pennsylvania's practical winter preparedness with urban areas' tendency toward weather-driven hysteria and supply hoarding.SEGMENT 7: BEZOS CHALLENGES MUSK WITH SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONGuest: Bob Zimmerman Zimmerman reports Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin aims to launch a communications satellite constellation rivaling Elon Musk's Starlink dominance. Discussion covers the growing competition among private space ventures, numerous startup companies entering the market, Rocket Lab experiencing launch delays, and the commercial space race intensifying across multiple fronts.SEGMENT 8: SPACE TUG AND OUTER PLANET PROBE DISCOVERIES Guest: Bob Zimmerman Zimmerman discusses a new space tug designed to deorbit Pentagon satellites addressing orbital debris concerns. Discussion turns to Jupiter and Saturn probes returning surprising scientific results, expanding understanding of the outer solar system, and how commercial and government space programs increasingly collaborate on solving both practical and exploratory challenges.SEG 9 BATCHELOR POD 012326.mp3MP3SEG 10 BATCHELOR POD 012326.mp3MP3SEG 11 BATCHELOR POD 012326.mp3MP3SEG 12 BATCHELOR POD 012326.mp3MP3SEGMENT 9: ORIGINS OF THE CHINA LOBBY Guest: Lee Smith, Author of "The China Matrix" Smith traces the China lobby's origins to a pivotal October 1997 White House dinner with the Clintons where VIPs secured immense personal wealth through Beijing connections. Nancy Pelosi and Daniel Moynihan protested these arrangements, but the pact enriching American elites at China's service was firmly established.SEGMENT 10: NIXON, KISSINGER, AND MAO'S MURDEROUS REGIME Guest: Lee Smith Smith examines how Nixon and Kissinger flattered and empowered Mao in 1972 despite his murderous record. Tiananmen Square proved the regime's brutality, yet American leaders ushered China into the WTO anyway, prioritizing riches over human rights and enabling Beijing's rise to global economic dominance.SEGMENT 11: FEINSTEIN AND BLUM'S SHANGHAI CONNECTIONS Guest: Lee Smith Smith details how San Francisco Mayor Diane Feinstein and husband Richard Blum cultivated relationships with Shanghai's mayor and later Tiananmen dictator Deng Xiaoping, becoming apologists for the regime. These connections exemplify how American political figures enriched themselves while providing cover for China's authoritarian government.SEGMENT 12: TRUMP AIMS TO END THE CHINA LOBBY Guest: Lee Smith Smith argues China operates as marauder, thief, and killer, wrecking world trade and undermining American manufacturing while enriching the China lobby Trump calls "globalists." The Trump administration learned not to trust Xi Jinping after COVID lies shattered any remaining confidence, signaling determination to dismantle this corrupt arrangement.LL SEPARATE FILES. GUEST, HEADLINE, 50 WORD SUMMARY FOR EACH.  NUMBER 13-16....13 MIHL TCHAOTH OF CIVITAS INSTITUTE ATTENDING SCOTUS ORAL ARGUMENT OF AN ENERGY VS ENVIRONMENT DISPUTE DATING TO CLAIM BY LOIUISIANA THAT THE OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION DURING SECOND WORLD WAR DANAGED COASTLIBEAND QUALITY OF LIFE.  DEFENDING OIL GAS IS PAUL CLEMENT, FORMER SOLICITIR GENERAL  ARGUES THAT DURING WSRTIME NO LIMITS, EXISTENITSIL8:19 PMI only received information for segment 13. Could you provide the guest and topic details for segments 14, 15, and 16 so I can complete all four summaries?SEGMENT 13: SCOTUS HEARS WARTIME OIL EXTRACTION LIABILITY CASE Guest: Michael Toth (Civitas Institute) Toth reports from Supreme Court oral arguments on Louisiana's claim that World War II oil and gas extraction damaged coastlines and quality of life. Former Solicitor General Paul Clement defends energy companies, arguing wartime production faced no limits given the existential threat requiring maximum resource extraction for national survival.14  MICHAEL TOTH DNDR PF SCOTUS SYMPSATHIRC TO OIL GAS COM[ANIES THAT THEYWERE SUPPLYING HOMEFRONT CASE BELONGS IN FEDERAL COURT, NOT PUNITIVE STATE COURT.8:21 PMSEGMENT 13: SCOTUS HEARS WARTIME OIL EXTRACTION LIABILITY CASE Guest: Michael Toth (Civitas Institute) Toth reports from Supreme Court oral arguments on Louisiana's claim that World War II oil and gas extraction damaged coastlines and quality of life. Former Solicitor General Paul Clement defends energy companies, arguing wartime production faced no limits given the existential threat requiring maximum resource extraction for national survival.SEGMENT 14: SCOTUS SYMPATHETIC TO OIL AND GAS DEFENSE Guest: Michael Toth (Civitas Institute) Toth reports the Supreme Court appears sympathetic to oil and gas companies arguing they supplied the homefront during wartime under government direction. Justices signal the case belongs in federal court rather than punitive state courts where energy companies face hostile juries and politically motivated litigation against essential wartime production.Please provide guest and topic details for segments 15 and 16 to complete the schedule.CLIFF MaY OF FDD ARGUES THST POTUS IS CHASING out the dictators of caracas, havana and tehran cuba regime change i 8:34 PMSEGMENT 15: TRUMP TARGETS DICTATORS IN CARACAS, HAVANA, AND TEHRANGuest: Cliff May (FDD) May argues Trump is aggressively pursuing regime change against the dictatorships in Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran. Discussion examines the administration's maximum pressure campaigns, weakened positions of Maduro, Díaz-Canel, and Iranian leadership, and whether coordinated American pressure can finally topple these longstanding authoritarian regimes in the hemisphere and beyond.Please provide guest and topic details for segment 16 to complete the schedule.16 q6 ucstion ccenter reports on fresh ai generated data that finds geothermal success overlooked by us testing.  s prioe=ritytrmp admin to a tals fest. action..  16 henry sokolski of non proliferstion rpolcy ed8:35 PMSEGMENT 16: NON-NUCLEAR ICBM TO DESTROY UNDERGROUND BUNKERSGuest: Henry Sokolski (Nonproliferation Policy Education Center) Sokolski discusses development of a massive conventional ICBM designed to penetrate hardened underground bunkers without nuclear warheads. Discussion examines strategic rationale for this kinetic weapon against buried Iranian or North Korean facilities, technical challenges of achieving sufficient destructive force, and arms control implications of such capabilities.Please clarify: You mentioned both a geothermal/AI story and Henry Sokolski for segment 16. Should these be two separate segments, or did segment 15 include geothermal content? Let me know and I can adjust accordingly.SEGMENT 9: ORIGINS OF THE CHINA LOBBY Guest: Lee Smith, Author of "The China Matrix" Smith traces the China lobby's origins to a pivotal October 1997 White House dinner with the Clintons where VIPs secured immense personal wealth through Beijing connections. Nancy Pelosi and Daniel Moynihan protested these arrangements, but the pact enriching American elites at China's service was firmly established.SEGMENT 10: NIXON, KISSINGER, AND MAO'S MURDEROUS REGIME Guest: Lee Smith Smith examines how Nixon and Kissinger flattered and empowered Mao in 1972 despite his murderous record. Tiananmen Square proved the regime's brutality, yet American leaders ushered China into the WTO anyway, prioritizing riches over human rights and enabling Beijing's rise to global economic dominance.SEGMENT 11: FEINSTEIN AND BLUM'S SHANGHAI CONNECTIONS Guest: Lee Smith Smith details how San Francisco Mayor Diane Feinstein and husband Richard Blum cultivated relationships with Shanghai's mayor and later Tiananmen dictator Deng Xiaoping, becoming apologists for the regime. These connections exemplify how American political figures enriched themselves while providing cover for China's authoritarian government.SEGMENT 12: TRUMP AIMS TO END THE CHINA LOBBY Guest: Lee Smith Smith argues China operates as marauder, thief, and killer, wrecking world trade and undermining American manufacturing while enriching the China lobby Trump calls "globalists." The Trump administration learned not to trust Xi Jinping after COVID lies shattered any remaining confidence, signaling determination to dismantle this corrupt arrangement.SEGMENT 13: SCOTUS HEARS WARTIME OIL EXTRACTION LIABILITY CASE Guest: Michael Toth (Civitas Institute) Toth reports from Supreme Court oral arguments on Louisiana's claim that World War II oil and gas extraction damaged coastlines and quality of life. Former Solicitor General Paul Clement defends energy companies, arguing wartime production faced no limits given the existential threat requiring maximum resource extraction for national survival.SEGMENT 14: SCOTUS SYMPATHETIC TO OIL AND GAS DEFENSE Guest: Michael Toth (Civitas Institute) Toth reports the Supreme Court appears sympathetic to oil and gas companies arguing they supplied the homefront during wartime under government direction. Justices signal the case belongs in federal court rather than punitive state courts where energy companies face hostile juries and politically motivated litigation against essential wartime production.SEGMENT 15: TRUMP TARGETS DICTATORS IN CARACAS, HAVANA, AND TEHRANGuest: Cliff May (FDD) May argues Trump is aggressively pursuing regime change against the dictatorships in Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran. Discussion examines the administration's maximum pressure campaigns, weakened positions of Maduro, Díaz-Canel, and Iranian leadership, and whether coordinated American pressure can finally topple these longstanding authoritarian regimes in the hemisphere and beyond.SEGMENT 16: NON-NUCLEAR ICBM TO DESTROY UNDERGROUND BUNKERSGuest: Henry Sokolski (Nonproliferation Policy Education Center) Sokolski discusses development of a massive conventional ICBM designed to penetrate hardened underground bunkers without nuclear warheads. Discussion examines strategic rationale for this kinetic weapon against buried Iranian or North Korean facilities, technical challenges of achieving sufficient destructive force, and arms control implications of such capabilities.

THE AWAKENING OF CHINA'S ECONOMY Colleague Anne Stevenson-Yang, Wild Ride. Returning to China in 1994, the author witnessed a transformation from the destitute, Maoist uniformity of 1985 to a budding export economy. In the earlier era, workers slept on desks and lacked basic goods, but Deng Xiaoping's realization that the state needed hard currency prompted reforms. Deng established Special Economic Zones like Shenzhen to generate foreign capital while attempting to isolate the population from foreign influence, marking the start of China's export boom. NUMBER 5 194R SHANGHAI

SHOW 12-2-2026 THE SHOW BEGIJS WITH DOUBTS ABOUT AI --  a useful invetion that can match the excitement of the first decades of Photography. November 1955 NADAR'S BALLOON AND THE BIRTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY Colleague Anika Burgess, Flashes of Brilliance. In 1863, the photographer Nadar undertook a perilous ascent in a giant balloon to fund experiments for heavier-than-air flight, illustrating the adventurous spirit required of early photographers. This era began with Daguerre's 1839 introduction of the daguerreotype, a process involving highly dangerous chemicals like mercury and iodine to create unique, mirror-like images on copper plates. Pioneers risked their lives using explosive materials to capture reality with unprecedented clarity and permanence. NUMBER 1 PHOTOGRAPHING THE MOON AND SEA Colleague Anika Burgess, Flashes of Brilliance. Early photography expanded scientific understanding, allowing humanity to visualize the inaccessible. James Nasmyth produced realistic images of the moon by photographing plaster models based on telescope observations, aiming to prove its volcanic nature. Simultaneously, Louis Boutan spent a decade perfecting underwater photography, capturing divers in hard-hat helmets. These efforts demonstrated that photography could be a tool for scientific analysis and discovery, revealing details of the natural world previously hidden from the human eye. NUMBER 2 SOCIAL JUSTICE AND NATURE CONSERVATION Colleague Anika Burgess, Flashes of Brilliance. Photography became a powerful agent for social and environmental change. Jacob Riis utilized dangerous flash powder to document the squalid conditions of Manhattan tenements, exposing poverty to the public in How the Other Half Lives. While his methods raised consent issues, they illuminated grim realities. Conversely, Carleton Watkins hauled massive equipment into the wilderness to photograph Yosemite; his majestic images influenced legislation signed by Lincoln to protect the land, proving photography's political impact. NUMBER 3 X-RAYS, SURVEILLANCE, AND MOTION Colleague Anika Burgess, Flashes of Brilliance. The discovery of X-rays in 1895 sparked a "new photography" craze, though the radiation caused severe injuries to early practitioners and subjects. Photography also entered the realm of surveillance; British authorities used hidden cameras to photograph suffragettes, while doctors documented asylum patients without consent. Finally, Eadweard Muybridge's experiments captured horses in motion, settling debates about locomotion and laying the technical groundwork for the future development of motion pictures. NUMBER 4 THE AWAKENING OF CHINA'S ECONOMY Colleague Anne Stevenson-Yang, Wild Ride. Returning to China in 1994, the author witnessed a transformation from the destitute, Maoist uniformity of 1985 to a budding export economy. In the earlier era, workers slept on desks and lacked basic goods, but Deng Xiaoping's realization that the state needed hard currency prompted reforms. Deng established Special Economic Zones like Shenzhen to generate foreign capital while attempting to isolate the population from foreign influence, marking the start of China's export boom. NUMBER 5 RED CAPITALISTS AND SMUGGLERS Colleague Anne Stevenson-Yang, Wild Ride. Following the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, China reopened to investment in 1992, giving rise to "red capitalists"—often the children of party officials who traded political access for equity. As the central government lost control over local corruption and smuggling rings, it launched "Golden Projects" to digitize and centralize authority over customs and taxes. To avert a banking collapse in 1998, the state created asset management companies to absorb bad loans, effectively rolling over massive debt. NUMBER 6 GHOST CITIES AND THE STIMULUS TRAP Colleague Anne Stevenson-Yang, Wild Ride. China's growth model shifted toward massive infrastructure spending, resulting in "ghost cities" and replica Western towns built to inflate GDP rather than house people. This "Potemkin culture" peaked during the 2008 Olympics, where facades were painted to impress foreigners. To counter the global financial crisis, Beijing flooded the economy with loans, fueling a real estate bubble that consumed more cement in three years than the US did in a century, creating unsustainable debt. NUMBER 7 STAGNATION UNDER SURVEILLANCE Colleague Anne Stevenson-Yang, Wild Ride. The severe lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic shattered consumer confidence, leaving citizens insecure and unwilling to spend, which stalled economic recovery. Local governments, cut off from credit and burdened by debt, struggle to provide basic services. Faced with economic stagnation, Xi Jinping has rejected market liberalization in favor of increased surveillance and control, prioritizing regime security over resolving the structural debt crisis or restoring the dynamism of previous decades. NUMBER 8 FAMINE AND FLIGHT TO FREEDOM Colleague Mark Clifford, The Troublemaker. Jimmy Lai was born into a wealthy family that lost everything to the Communist revolution, forcing his father to flee to Hong Kong while his mother endured labor camps. Left behind, Lai survived as a child laborer during a devastating famine where he was perpetually hungry. A chance encounter with a traveler who gave him a chocolate bar inspired him to escape to Hong Kong, the "land of chocolate," stowing away on a boat at age twelve. NUMBER 9 THE FACTORY GUY Colleague Mark Clifford, The Troublemaker. By 1975, Jimmy Lai had risen from a child laborer to a factory owner, purchasing a bankrupt garment facility using stock market profits. Despite being a primary school dropout who learned English from a dictionary, Lai succeeded through relentless work and charm. He capitalized on the boom in American retail sourcing, winning orders from Kmart by producing samples overnight and eventually building Comitex into a leading sweater manufacturer, embodying the Hong Kong dream. NUMBER 10 CONSCIENCE AND CONVERSION Colleague Mark Clifford, The Troublemaker. The 1989 Tiananmen Squaremassacre radicalized Lai, who transitioned from textiles to media, founding Next magazine and Apple Daily to champion democracy. Realizing the brutality of the Chinese Communist Party, he used his wealth to support the student movement and expose regime corruption. As the 1997 handover approached, Lai converted to Catholicism, influenced by his wife and pro-democracy peers, seeking spiritual protection and a moral anchor against the coming political storm. NUMBER 11 PRISON AND LAWFARE Colleague Mark Clifford, The Troublemaker. Following the 2020 National Security Law, authorities raided Apple Daily, froze its assets, and arrested Lai, forcing the newspaper to close. Despite having the means to flee, Lai chose to stay and face imprisonment as a testament to his principles. Now held in solitary confinement, he is subjected to "lawfare"—sham legal proceedings designed to silence him—while he spends his time sketching religious images, remaining a symbol of resistance against Beijing's tyranny. NUMBER 12 FOUNDING OPENAI Colleague Keach Hagey, The Optimist. In 2016, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and Ilya Sutskever founded OpenAI as a nonprofit research lab to develop safe artificial general intelligence (AGI). Backed by investors like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, the organization aimed to be a counterweight to Google's DeepMind, which was driven by profit. The team relied on massive computing power provided by GPUs—originally designed for video games—to train neural networks, recruiting top talent like Sutskever to lead their scientific efforts. NUMBER 13 THE ROOTS OF AMBITION Colleague Keach Hagey, The Optimist. Sam Altman grew up in St. Louis, the son of an idealistic developer and a driven dermatologist mother who instilled ambition and resilience in her children. Altmanattended the progressive John Burroughs School, where his intellect and charisma flourished, allowing him to connect with people on any topic. Though he was a tech enthusiast, his ability to charm others defined him early on, foreshadowing his future as a master persuader in Silicon Valley. NUMBER 14 SILICON VALLEY KINGMAKER Colleague Keach Hagey, The Optimist. At Stanford, Altman co-founded Loopt, a location-sharing app that won him a meeting with Steve Jobs and a spot in the App Store launch. While Loopt was not a commercial success, the experience taught Altman that his true talent lay in investing and spotting future trends rather than coding. He eventually succeeded Paul Graham as president of Y Combinator, becoming a powerful figure in Silicon Valley who could convince skeptics like Peter Thiel to back his visions. NUMBER 15 THE BLIP AND THE FUTURE Colleague Keach Hagey, The Optimist. The viral success of ChatGPT shifted OpenAI's focus from safety to commercialization, despite early internal warnings about the existential risks of AGI. Tensions over safety and Altman's management style led to a "blip" where the nonprofit board fired him, only for him to be quickly reinstated due to employee loyalty. Elon Musk, having lost a power struggle for control of the organization, severed ties, leaving Altman to lead the race toward AGI. 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TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY AND DELAYED REHABILITATION Colleague Joseph Torigian. Torigian outlines Xi Jinping's entry into Tsinghua University via political recommendation and his navigation of "princeling" stigma by working at the grassroots level. The segment covers his marriage to singer Peng Liyuan, noting their shared history of persecution. It also explains Xi Zhongxun's delayed rehabilitation, attributed to political tensions with Deng Xiaoping, who utilized Xi's skills but remained wary of his influence. NUMBER 15

Marxist-Leninist ideology in China has remained consistent since 1949 with successive dictators adapting Mao's version of communism with new twists and turns. Deng Xiaoping took the greatest departure from Maoism but kept Marxism-Leninism as the state ideology. Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao put their spin on communism, while also maintaining ideological continuity. Under Xi Jinping today, communism in China is experiencing a forced revival within the Chinese Communist Party despite the masses of China's people recognizing it as a failed European ideology deserving of contempt. This episode explains how Xi is reverting to Mao-style totalitarian communism and a more aggressive expansion around the world. For the counterproposal, this episode explains why mere anti-communism is not enough and a new faith-based worldview is the ultimate solution to defeating communism. For the news section, this program addresses how artificial intelligence is being used by the Indo-Pacific command to deter conflict with China. The interview portion hears from Bradley Thayer, an expert on both China and communism.

SHOW 12-17-25 THE SHOW BEGINS WITH DOUBTS ABOUT THE US CONFLICT WITH VENEZUELA... 1926 USS OMAHA IN THE PANAMA CANAL. Colonel Jeff McCausland discusses the US "blockade" of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers and the potential for escalation into a regional conflict involving Colombia. He also analyzes the Pentagon's refusal to release videos of destroyed drug boats, suggesting possible war crime concerns, and notes stalled Ukraine negotiations. Colonel McCausland reports on NATO's eastern flank "digging in," with Baltic states building defensive bunkers and Germany significantly increasing military spending. He highlights a divergence where European allies prepare for existential Russian threats while US leadership may prioritize "strategic stability" and economic cooperation with Moscow. General Blaine Holt warns that integrating Artificial Intelligence into military command increases the risks of deliberate, inadvertent, and accidental escalation. He argues that while AI accelerates decision-making, it lacks human judgment, potentially leading to catastrophic miscalculations if adversaries rely on algorithms during crises. General Holt explains that AI models in war games demonstrate a bias toward violent escalation, often prioritizing "winning" over negotiation, which leads to nuclear conflict. He emphasizes the necessity of keeping humans in the loop and maintaining direct communications between rival nations to prevent automated catastrophe. Simon Constable reports from France on high copper prices and slowing European energy demand. He describes protests by French farmers burning hay to oppose government orders to cull cattle exposed to disease and notes a significant rise in electric vehicle sales across the European Union. Simon Constable discusses the political troubles of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the suspension of a US-UK tech deal due to clashes over AI regulation. He explains that Britain's "Online Safety Act" aims to tax and regulate tech giants, which threatens to stifle American AI companies operating there. Bob Zimmerman highlights a record-breaking year with over 300 global rocket launches, driven largely by private enterprise competition. He notes that Amazon was forced to contract SpaceX for satellite launches due to delays from rivals like Blue Origin and reports on safety concerns involving Russian launch pad negligence. Bob Zimmerman reports on the success of commercial space station company Vast and orbital tug tests that outperformed government efforts. Conversely, he details problems with NASA's Maven orbiter at Mars, which has lost communication, potentially jeopardizing data relays for surface rovers. David Shedd critiques the bipartisan failure of allowing China into the World Trade Organization in 2001, which was based on the false assumption that economic engagement would lead to democratization. Instead, this decision facilitated a massive transfer of intellectual property, fueling China's rise as a predatory economic rival. David Shedd explains how China's Ministry of State Security operates as a massive intelligence entity combining the functions of the CIA, FBI, and NSA. He traces this economic espionage to Deng Xiaoping's 1984 strategy, noting that Chinese officers view theft as repayment for past Western oppression. David Shedd details espionage cases, including an Apple engineer stealing "Project Titan" car schematics for a Chinese competitor. He also describes a Google employee who stole AI data while secretly working for a Chinese firm, highlighting how corporate greed and weak internal security enable intellectual property theft. David Shedd outlines strategies to counter Chinese espionage, advocating for "partial decoupling" to protect critical technologies like semiconductors and AI. He argues for modernizing legal deterrence to prosecute theft effectively and warns that Chinese platforms like DeepSeek harvest user data to advance their "Great Heist" of American wealth. Nury Turkel discusses the plight of Guan Hang, a whistleblower facing deportation from the US despite documenting Uyghur concentration camps. Turkel criticizes the inconsistent enforcement of forced labor laws and highlights new evidence linking Uyghur slave labor to the excavation and processing of critical minerals. Rebecca Grant argues against the planned retirement of the USS Nimitz in 2026, suggesting it should be kept in reserve given delays in new Ford-class carriers. Despite the ship's age, Grant asserts that retaining the carrier offers crucial strategic depth against threats like China's PLA Navy. Rick Fisher analyzes the emerging race to build AI data centers in low Earth orbit, noting advantages like natural cooling and zero real estate costs. While Elon Musk's Starlink positions the US well, Fisher warns that China has detailed plans to use space-based data centers to support expansion into the solar system. Alan Tonelson evaluates China's economic strengths, acknowledging their dominance in rare earth processing and solar panels, often achieved through subsidies. He argues that China's heavy investment in industrial robots attempts to offset a looming demographic crash, while questioning the true market demand for their subsidized electric vehicles.

David Shedd explains how China's Ministry of State Security operates as a massive intelligence entity combining the functions of the CIA, FBI, and NSA. He traces this economic espionage to Deng Xiaoping's 1984 strategy, noting that Chinese officers view theft as repayment for past Western oppression. 1906 PEKING NORTHSIDE

According to Chinese Communist official Xi Zhongxun, his first revolutionary act was an attempt to poison one of his school's administrators when he was 14. He was faithful to the revolution, and the Chinese Communist Party, until his death at age 88 in 2002. In between those ages was a remarkable life. He fought Nationalists and Japanese. He was a right-hand man to both Zhou Enlai in the 1950s, and Hu Yaobang in the 1980s. As the Party administrator responsible for dealing with religious groups, he negotiated with the Dalai Lama–and would show off the wristwatch that the Dalai Lama gave him. But Xi also spent sixteen years in house arrest, internal exile, under suspicion, or at least out of power, from 1962 to 1978. “In the early 1990s, Xi even boasted to a Western historian that although Deng Xiaoping had suffered at the hands of the party on three occasions, he had been persecuted five times.” All this would make Xi Zhongxun fascinating simply as a psychological study of a Communist functionary who, despite everything, remained devoted to the system that oppressed him. But Xi Zhongxun was also the father of Xi Jinping, now effectively the dictator of China. If we are to understand the younger Xi, argues my guest Joseph Torigian, then we must understand his father.Joseph Torigian is an associate professor in the School of International Service at American University in Washington, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and a center associate of the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan. He was previously on the podcast to discuss his book Prestige, Manipulation, and Coercion: Elite Power Struggles in the Soviet Union and China after Stalin and Mao, a conversation that was published on May 23, 2022. His latest book is The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping was released with Stanford University Press in June 2025. It was a Financial Times Book of the Summer and an Economist Best Book of the Year So Far.00:00 — Introduction02:19 — Overview of Xi Zhongxun's Life07:15 — Early Life and Revolutionary Beginnings11:44 — Growing Up as a Peasant in Shaanxi15:02 — Path to the Communist Base Areas19:21 — The United Front Work24:10 — Work with Ethnic Minorities26:00 — The 1935 Arrest by Fellow Communists27:56 — Patronage and Party Relationships30:51 — The Northwest Bureau and China's Territorial Expansion33:43 — Personal Life and Family36:37 — The 1962 Purge41:50 — Sixteen Years of Persecution44:37 — Why Bring Him Back?46:53 — Deng Xiaoping's Distrust50:55 — Grudges and Party History52:33 — Xi Jinping and His Father's Legacy59:17 — Conclusion

How does China's economic model work? Political economist Ben Norton explains the ideas behind Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, discussing China's socialist market economy, historical development, reform process, poverty reduction, industrial policy, and more. VIDEO with charts here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E89qUXTX-k Topics 0:00 Introduction 1:07 China has world's largest economy 3:01 China's economic development 3:54 Poverty reduction 6:56 Rising incomes 7:42 Life expectancy 8:57 Mortality rates 9:34 Reform and Opening Up 10:16 To get rich is glorious? 11:35 Deng Xiaoping's ideology 13:54 Primary stage of socialism 14:28 Chinese capitalists 15:54 Industrialization & urbanization 16:55 Birdcage economy (Chen Yun) 18:17 State ownership 19:40 State-owned enterprises (SOEs) 20:49 Grasp the large, let go of the small 22:22 Public property 23:16 SOE assets 24:14 Provincial & local governments 25:51 Golden shares in tech companies 26:54 Huawei, biggest worker-owned company 27:17 Rural cooperatives 29:09 Democracy in China? 31:40 Foreign investment in China 33:49 Global value chain 34:34 Foreign direct investment (FDI) 35:48 Industrial policy evolution 38:22 New quality productive forces 39:23 China's green energy revolution 40:24 World's manufacturing superpower 41:04 US deindustrialization & financialization 43:22 US bubble economy 44:37 China popped real estate bubble 46:50 Inequality & uneven development 48:31 Eras of the PRC 49:01 Common prosperity in New Era 49:34 Gini coefficient 50:26 Labor income vs capital income 51:48 Poverty alleviation 52:17 Wages of Chinese workers 52:44 Labor unions in China 55:19 USA funds anti-China labor groups 57:02 Marco Rubio takes over NED 57:32 Delivery workers 58:30 996 system is banned 59:23 Working hours in China 1:00:25 Imperialism & division of labor 1:03:51 AI & new cold war 1:04:45 Silicon Valley model: monopoly 1:05:43 Market competition in China 1:07:44 China opposes private monopolies 1:08:10 State planning 1:09:05 Cold War Two

Vor nicht mal 100 Jahren war China ein armes Land, heute eine Weltmacht. Das war nur möglich durch Deng Xiaoping. Wie hat er das geschafft? Und wer war er? Wer China heute verstehen will, muss Deng Xiaoping kennen. Von Rebecca Ricker (BR 2025)

We all know about the broken American Dream. But according to the American-based China scholar Minxin Pei, China's dream is equally broken. In his new book, The Broken China Dream, Pie argues that the party-centric reforms of both Deng Xiaoping and Xi Jinping have, by definition, revived totalitarianism. So while he does acknowledge some material achievements of the communist revolution, Pei is ultimately skeptical of its long-term benefit to the Chinese people. The party is the problem, Pei suggests. It has broken the Chinese dream. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Een slaande ruzie tussen de nieuwe premier van Japan Sanae Takaichi en het Chinese bewind van Xi Jinping zet een oud conflict op scherp. Dit raakt niet alleen de machtsverhouding in Oost-Azië, maar meteen ook de rol van de Verenigde Staten in de Stille Oceaan en die van Rusland in zijn eigen verre oosten. En omdat het uiteindelijk draait om het eiland Taiwan, raakt het ook de Europese Unie. En bovenal Nederland, als thuisbasis van ASML. Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger diepen drie vragen uit: -Waarom provoceerde premier Takaichi meteen bij haar aantreden de grote buur? En waarom reageerde Trump, die 'groot respect' voor haar heeft, zo afhoudend? -Waarom sloeg Xi zo fel terug? -Welke diepe historische gevoeligheden, herinneringen en angsten maken deze explosie even begrijpelijk als riskant? *** Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show! Heb je belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Zend ons een mailtje en wij zoeken contact. *** Het pacifisme werd Japan na 1945 opgelegd door president Harry Truman als prijs voor de terugkeer onder de 'fatsoenlijke naties'. Maar in 1972 kwam de 'Nixon Shokku'. De opening naar China door Richard Nixon leek Japan in de kou te zetten en dwong tot herijking van de geopolitieke strategie. Premier Shinzo Abe zette de deur open naar 'zelfverdediging' als agressievere houding en stelde: “Een noodsituatie rond Taiwan is een noodtoestand voor Japan." Dat zijn protegee Takaichi dit herhaalde toen zij Taiwan bezocht, alarmeerde Beijing. Haar coalitie werd direct vanuit China onder druk gezet. Maar dit gaf haar populariteit alleen maar een impuls. Het lijkt erop dat het Chinese bewind hier ook een onverwachte kans zag. Een overleg met een hoge ambtenaar uit Tokyo werd theatraal in scène gezet om hevige nationalistische en historische affecten op te jagen. Zowel militair als cultureel werd Japan in de ban gedaan. Popconcerten van JO1 werden geschrapt, toerisme opgeschort. Een herhaling van massale anti-Japan demonstraties van 2010 dreigde. De Japanse premier probeerde meteen te sussen. Xi Jinping kan deze opwinding goed gebruiken. Hij laat het volk stoom afblazen nu hij zijn nieuwe vijfjarenplan inluidt waarin hightech prioriteit heeft maar het platteland en de middenklasse moeten inleveren. En door Japan aan te pakken terwijl Trump hem schijnbaar bijvalt, laat hij Taiwan voelen dat het eiland nog verder in het isolement gedreven wordt. Deze harde aanpak is in China niet zonder reden populair. Japan overtrof na 1870 de grote buur als nieuwe, moderne wereldmacht en veroverde Taiwan en Korea. Sleutelfiguur in deze razendsnelle ontwikkeling was keizer Meiji die zijn land opengooide naar het Westen als een soort Thorbecke of Deng Xiaoping van zijn tijd. De gruwelen van Japanse agressie in China na 1930 en Mao's militaire triomf over Japan drukken een zwaar stempel op de relaties. Ten diepste is China nog steeds bevreesd voor een ambitieus Japan. Dat premier Takaichi zich als een soort beschermvrouwe van Taiwan zou profileren raakt een open zenuw. Maar tegelijkertijd kan Xi dat eiland laten nu voelen hoe het alleen staat. Het kan zich maar beter in de open armen van China storten. Zijn droom van een 'vreedzame hereniging' naar het model van Dengs greep naar Hong Kong kan zo dichterbij komen. Hij zou dan de voltooier zijn van de nationale eenheid en als heerser voorgoed de gelijke worden van Mao en Deng. *** Verder luisteren 458 - De gedroomde nieuwe wereldorde van Poetin en Xi https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/7e62cdac-bdb9-450c-af23-a7f974ec3e42 453 – 75 jaar Volksrepubliek China, waar is het feestje? https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/2268a339-e0ca-4d2a-85bd-2ec5c4b6a1ca 24 - Ties Dams over China's nieuwe keizer Xi Jinping https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/796c8734-7866-4295-b672-335e345da39e 220 - China's nieuwe culturele revolutie https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/3d52b1c2-d383-4e2c-991b-5531b6de78ae 245 - Oompje neemt de trein – de reis die China naar de 21e eeuw bracht https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/8041cd16-d577-45e1-83a9-efd7676c226a 250 - Nixon in China: de week die de wereld veranderde https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/bee983d6-1372-470a-8ce9-27ea6a2d3020 225 - Nixon in China: Henry Kissinger's geheime (en hilarische) trip naar Beijing https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/cff20ade-b4b1-47a8-b554-0fccc620e096 447 - Als Trump wint staat Europa er alleen voor https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/eee9ebfb-042b-4753-b70d-a48e915b5beb 488 - Het Congres van Wenen (1814-1815) als briljant machtsspel https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/1423134d-c671-4a71-805a-1d21ab9f7de6 *** Tijdlijn 00:00:00 – Deel 1 00:36:16 – Deel 2 00:54:06 – Deel 3 01:20:19 – EindeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Whither America? It's the question that the Swedish writer Johan Norberg examines in both a recent Washington Post op-ed as well as his new book, Peak Human. What we can learn from history's great civilizations, Norberg argues, is that they decline when they turn inward, away from both the outside world and innovation. “All Sparta, no Athens”, as he puts it. So what does that tell us not only about Trump's America but also Putin's Russia and Xi's China? And what should we make of Europe, which is neither Sparta nor Athens? And when compared with China, Russia and Europe, Norberg's vision of the American future seems relatively sunny. So maybe, with or without MAGA, the 21st century really will be the American century. * MAGA doesn't fit any traditional conservative or liberal framework. It's a radical ideology built around a strongman who has no patience for democratic process, rule of law, or compromise—precisely the institutions that classical liberalism and genuine conservatism have always sought to protect.* Declining empires are the most dangerous. Russia is “all Sparta, no Athens”—a society that builds barracks rather than innovation, extracts resources rather than creates wealth, and fears any neighboring democracy that might give its own people ideas. Putin may sense this is his last chance to rearrange the world order.* China's split personality may doom its long-term prospects. Deng Xiaoping borrowed from Athens—openness, experimentation, “crossing the river by feeling the stones.” Xi Jinping has reverted to Sparta—centralized control that can build electric vehicle factories fast but stifles the strange surprises that drive real innovation.* America's saving grace may be its constitutional limits. The courts are the only branch doing their job right now, striking down unconstitutional overreach one case at a time. Republicans know there's life after Trump—and after two centuries of championing the Constitution, they can't simply throw it aside.* Europe is Rome without the military power. The EU's great idea—an open continent that experiments with different solutions—is undermined by a Mandarin class in Brussels that insists on standardizing everything. That's why great European startups keep moving to California.Keen On America is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Echoes of 1919: How Underestimating the PLA After Tiananmen Created a Strategic Failure. Jim Fanell and Brad Thayer connect the current geopolitical threat posed by the PLA Navy to past strategic failures, drawing an analogy to the British Empire's "10-year rule" instituted in 1919. The US made a similar miscalculation regarding China after the brutal Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, as the US Navy and Pacific Command did not perceive any threat from the PRC. Fanell, who worked at the US Joint Intelligence Center Pacific from 1989 to 1991, confirms that intelligence focused on the Soviet threat, and China did not become a priority until around 2014 or 2015. Following Tiananmen, the US should have highlighted the Chinese Communist Party as a "sadistic monster," but instead the George H.W. Bush administration rushed to repair the relationship. Thayer emphasizes that US leaders in 1989 had a great understanding of communism's evils, but this understanding has since faded, and China is now incorrectly viewed as a capitalist state. Deng Xiaoping learned from Tiananmen and the Soviet collapse, focusing on economic reform while establishing a relationship of dependence between US business and the CCP.

Cześć! W czasach, gdy Chiny technologicznie i gospodarczo dogoniły, a miejscami nawet przegoniły Zachód, warto zadać pytanie – jak do tego doszło? Jak kraj, którego produkty jeszcze niedawno kojarzono z tandetą, stał się jednym z najbogatszych na świecie? Początek tej przemiany sięga końca lat 70., gdy przywódca Chińskiej Republiki Ludowej, Deng Xiaoping, zdecydował się przeprowadzić gruntowne reformy. Zmienił podejście do lokalnej przedsiębiorczości i zaczął luzować zasady funkcjonowania wielkich państwowych zakładów. Ich kierownicy z roku na rok otrzymywali coraz większą swobodę. Przekształceniu uległ również sektor bankowy i podatkowy, a tempo reform gwałtownie przyspieszyło na początku lat 90.W tym samym czasie zaczęły rosnąć w siłę pierwsze wielkie chińskie marki, również w branży wysokich technologii. To właśnie wtedy pojawili się tacy gracze jak Huawei i Lenovo. W najnowszym odcinku mojej serii opowiem także o ich początkach.

Les Européens redoutent une nouvelle pénurie alors que Pékin s'apprête à restreindre ses exportations. Retour sur la stratégie méthodique qui a permis à la Chine de dominer un secteur vital pour l'économie mondiale. Les Vingt-Sept s'apprêtent à négocier avec la Chine sur la question des terres rares. L'Union européenne redoute une pénurie de ces métaux critiques, indispensables à la fabrication des smartphones, ordinateurs, voitures électriques ou encore équipements militaires. Et pour cause, Pékin, leader mondial incontesté du secteur, prévoit d'imposer de nouvelles restrictions à leurs exportations dans les prochaines semaines. Pour comprendre cette domination, il faut remonter trente ans en arrière. Au début des années 1990, ce sont les États-Unis qui exploitent la plus grande mine de terres rares du monde, à Mountain Pass, en Californie. La Chine, elle, dispose d'importantes réserves, mais son industrie est encore balbutiante. C'est à cette époque que le dirigeant chinois Deng Xiaoping prononce une phrase restée célèbre, « le Moyen-Orient a du pétrole, la Chine a des terres rares ». Dès lors, ces métaux sont classés parmi les ressources stratégiques du pays. Les entreprises étrangères se voient interdire l'exploitation des mines locales et les exportations sont strictement encadrées. À lire aussiL'industrie européenne bientôt confrontée à une pénurie de métaux stratégiques? Le virage du raffinage et la montée en puissance chinoise Mais Pékin ne s'est pas contentée d'extraire le minerai. Elle a compris très tôt que la clé de la puissance industrielle résidait dans la maîtrise du raffinage et du traitement chimique des terres rares — des étapes à forte valeur ajoutée que les pays occidentaux ont délaissée, jugées trop coûteuses et polluantes. Résultat, plus de trente ans plus tard, 90% du raffinage mondial des terres rares est désormais réalisé en Chine. La domination est quasi totale. Cette réussite ne doit rien au hasard. Le Parti communiste chinois a su utiliser les leviers du capitalisme d'État : soutien massif à la recherche et aux entreprises locales, consolidation du secteur en quelques géants publics et surtout, politique agressive de dumping. Chaque fois qu'un concurrent occidental tente d'ouvrir une mine, la Chine augmente sa production, fait chuter les cours et rend les projets étrangers non rentables. Une stratégie implacable qui a conduit les États-Unis et l'Europe à dépendre durablement de Pékin. Et quand certains pays occidentaux ont besoin de terres rares, la Chine peut littéralement « appuyer sur le frein ». À lire aussiFace à la Chine, les États-Unis à la recherche de métaux rares Une domination forte, mais pas sans limites Les terres rares sont au cœur de la puissance technologique mondiale. Elles entrent dans la composition des batteries, des écrans, des moteurs électriques, mais aussi des systèmes militaires. Un avion de chasse américain F-35, par exemple, nécessite plus de 400 kilos de terres rares pour sa fabrication. Détenir ces métaux est une chose, mais savoir les transformer en est une autre. C'est précisément ce savoir-faire que la Chine maîtrise mieux que quiconque. Mais cette suprématie a ses fragilités. En misant sur des prix très bas pour étouffer la concurrence, Pékin fragilise aussi ses propres entreprises. En parallèle, d'autres pays — l'Australie, le Canada, plusieurs nations africaines — disposent de gisements prometteurs et cherchent à s'organiser. Une coordination internationale, comme celle amorcée entre les États-Unis et l'Australie, pourrait à terme réduire la dépendance mondiale à la Chine. Mais cela prendra du temps. Et Pékin, elle, compte bien préserver sa longueur d'avance, fruit d'un pilotage centralisé, méthodique et calculé sur le long terme.

Vor nicht mal 100 Jahren war China ein armes Land, heute eine Weltmacht. Das war nur möglich durch Deng Xiaoping. Wie hat er das geschafft? Und wer war er? Wer China heute verstehen will, muss Deng Xiaoping kennen. Autorin: Rebecca Ricker (BR 2025)

Alors que s'est ouvert à Pékin le quatrième plénum du Parti communiste chinois, le pays fait face à une croissance en berne et à des défis économiques majeurs. Durant quatre jours, les dirigeants du parti doivent poser les bases du prochain plan quinquennal, feuille de route stratégique pour la période 2026-2030. Depuis ce lundi, les quelque 370 membres du Comité central du Parti communiste chinois sont réunis à huis clos à Pékin pour une session décisive. Ce plénum, quatrième depuis le Congrès de 2022, doit définir les grandes orientations économiques du pays. Mais l'ambiance n'est pas à l'euphorie. Les chiffres publiés dans la nuit sont mauvais - une croissance de seulement 4,8% au troisième trimestre, le rythme le plus faible depuis un an. La Chine n'est plus dans la phase d'expansion triomphante qu'elle a connue dans les années 2000. La croissance, autrefois à deux chiffres, devrait plafonner entre 5 et 6% en 2026, selon les projections officielles. Les investissements directs étrangers se sont effondrés de près de 30% en 2024, la crise immobilière continue d'asphyxier les finances locales, et le chômage des jeunes reste élevé. À cela s'ajoute la guerre commerciale relancée par Donald Trump, qui pèse lourdement sur les exportations. Dans ce contexte, Xi Jinping doit prouver que le Parti garde la main et, surtout, qu'il a un plan pour relancer la deuxième économie mondiale. Ce plénum doit poser les fondations du 15ᵉ plan quinquennal chinois, qui couvrira la période 2026-2030. À lire aussiLa guerre commerciale de Donald Trump redessine les exportations chinoises Trois axes pour relancer la machine chinoise Le premier objectif, c'est la relance de la consommation intérieure. Les Chinois épargnent beaucoup et consomment peu. Pour Pékin, il faut désormais stimuler la demande des ménages afin de soutenir une croissance plus équilibrée. Aujourd'hui, les exportations restent le principal moteur de richesse, un modèle risqué dans un contexte international incertain. Deuxième axe : la modernisation industrielle et technologique. Le Parti mise sur les secteurs stratégiques - semi-conducteurs, robotique, biotechnologie et surtout intelligence artificielle. L'idée est claire : devenir autosuffisant et sécuriser les chaînes d'approvisionnement pour faire face aux États-Unis, qui multiplient les restrictions sur les technologies sensibles. Enfin, troisième priorité : la transition écologique. Paradoxalement, Pékin est à la fois premier émetteur mondial de CO₂ et leader mondial du solaire et des batteries électriques. L'économie verte est perçue comme le nouveau moteur industriel chinois, à la fois pour des raisons environnementales et géopolitiques. Des précédents historiques et un modèle à réinventer Les plénums ont toujours joué un rôle crucial dans l'histoire économique de la Chine. Le plus célèbre reste celui de décembre 1978, où Deng Xiaoping lança la politique de la « porte ouverte » : introduction de la propriété privée, ouverture aux investissements étrangers et création des zones économiques spéciales. Ce tournant marqua l'entrée de la Chine dans l'économie mondiale, jusqu'à devenir, en quelques décennies, la deuxième puissance mondiale. Autre moment clé : le plénum du début des années 1990, qui posa les bases de la restructuration des entreprises d'État et prépara l'adhésion à l'Organisation mondiale du commerce, intervenue en 2001. Mais aujourd'hui, le modèle chinois montre ses limites. La planification, qui a fait le succès du pays, se heurte à une conjoncture plus complexe : endettement élevé, consommation en berne, démographie déclinante et rivalité stratégique avec les États-Unis. Le défi de Xi Jinping est immense : relancer la croissance sans creuser la dette, restaurer la confiance des ménages sans relâcher le contrôle du Parti, et maintenir la compétitivité industrielle sans déclencher de nouvelles guerres commerciales. Ces quatre jours de plénum seront donc scrutés de près. Car si, dans le passé, ces réunions étaient souvent synonymes de rupture et de réinvention, celle-ci pourrait bien être celle d'une Chine en mutation, cherchant un nouvel équilibre entre puissance, stabilité et modernité. À lire aussi«Plenum» du Parti communiste en Chine: Pékin se cherche un nouveau cap économique

Singapore literally would not exist without the shipping industry. In 1819 the East India Company reached agreement with the local ruler to use it as a waystation for vessels carrying opium to China. Five years later, it bought the entire country for cash. Two hundred years later, it would not be much of a stretch to describe it as a powerhouse port with a small southeast Asian city-state attached. But until last month, the International Union of Marine Insurance conference had not taken place there since 2004. Even then, Singapore's standing in the maritime industries was undeniable. But at that point it remained an emerging market in marine insurance terms. As the 600-plus delegates who assembled for this year's event were told, that is clearly no longer the case. It is now the fourth-largest hull market in the world. Its share of the global hull book now stands at 7.9%, leaving it just a fraction of a percentage point behind the once-almighty Lloyd's. Nor is it the only Asian nation to see its marine insurance presence take a great leap forward. China is now writing around 12% of world hull premiums and must now be counted as a core market for H&M. It also writes 17% of cargo business, which is more than Lloyd's and the London companies markets put together. The late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping - who died in 1997 - argued that the twenty-first century would be the Asian century. If marine insurance is anything to go by, he may have had a point. Joining David on the podcast are: Veith Huesmann, chief analyst, IUMI Sean Dalton, head of marine underwriting North America, Munich Re Alicia Leong, head of marine liabilities Asia, Markel Jun Lin, vice president, Gard

Since 1951, when Tibet was formally annexed into the People's Republic of China, Tibet has been a battleground between China's efforts to assert control and the Tibetan people's struggle to preserve their cultural and religious identity. This past August, Xi Jinping made a surprise visit to Tibet, his second since becoming China's top leader in 2012. Less than two months earlier, the Dalai Lama, now 90 years old, announced that his office, not China, would choose his successor when he passes. A few months before that, the Dalai Lama revealed in a memoir that he would reincarnate outside of China. The PRC insists that the next incarnation – the 15th Dalai Lama – will be born inside PRC territory and approved by the Chinese government. What are Beijing's interests in Tibet and how has Xi Jinping pursued them since coming to power? What is likely to occur after the Dalai Lama's passing? I'm delighted to have as my guest today Tendor Dorjee. Tendor is an adjunct assistant professor of political science at Columbia University, a senior researcher at the Tibet Action Institute, and the inaugural Stephanie G Neuman Fellow at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies. He recently co-authored an article in Foreign Affairs titled Beijing's Dangerous Game in Tibet”.Timestamps[00:00] Start [02:08] Beijing's Key Interests in Tibet [04:06] Xi Jinping's Approach to Tibet [07:00] Internal and External Drivers of Tibet Policy [08:08] Xi's Recent Visit to Tibet [11:34] Infrastructure Developments and Expansionism  [15:27] Beijing's Succession Plans and Tibetan Reactions to a Future Dalai Lama [20:27] Risk of Unrest and Crackdowns [25:43] Implications for Neighboring States 

On this episode of The China Desk Podcast, host Steve Yates speaks with Andrew Phelan—Australian entrepreneur, writer, and former diplomat—about the rise and transformation of China from Deng Xiaoping's reforms to Xi Jinping's wolf warrior diplomacy. Phelan shares his personal experiences living and working in China, explains how offshoring hollowed out Western industry, and warns of Beijing's strategy to “Delete America” while reshaping global rules. The discussion covers U.S.-China decoupling, Australia's pushback over COVID origins, transnational repression, and the urgent need for democracies to defend sovereignty.Watch Full-Length Interviews on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChinaDeskFNW

Book Title: Wild Ride: A Short History of the Opening and Closing of the Chinese Economy Author: Anne Stevenson Yang Headline: Deng Xiaoping's Reforms and the Rise of Red Capitalism Following Mao Zedong's death, Deng Xiaoping initiated economic reforms in 1979, driven by the need for hard currency for international travel. His solution was to create hermetically sealed export zones, like Shenzhen, to attract foreign companies and currency. This "red capitalism" led to an elite class, where Deng Xiaoping's daughter and Jiang Zemin's son, Jiang Mianheng (Mr. 10%), secured money and political power, often by taking equity in new companies. 1954

Keyu Jin is an economist specializing in China's economy, international macroeconomics, global trade imbalances, and financial policy. She is the author of The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep477-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/keyu-jin-transcript CONTACT LEX: Feedback - give feedback to Lex: https://lexfridman.com/survey AMA - submit questions, videos or call-in: https://lexfridman.com/ama Hiring - join our team: https://lexfridman.com/hiring Other - other ways to get in touch: https://lexfridman.com/contact EPISODE LINKS: Keyu's X: https://x.com/KeyuJin Keyu's Website: https://keyujin.com/ The New China Playbook (Book): https://amzn.to/4lpgmyK SPONSORS: To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts: Allio Capital: AI-powered investment app that uses global macroeconomic trends. Go to https://alliocapital.com/ UPLIFT Desk: Standing desks and office ergonomics. Go to https://upliftdesk.com/lex Hampton: Community for high-growth founders and CEOs. Go to https://joinhampton.com/lex Lindy: No-code AI agent builder. Go to https://go.lindy.ai/lex LMNT: Zero-sugar electrolyte drink mix. Go to https://drinkLMNT.com/lex OUTLINE: (00:00) - Introduction (00:35) - Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections (08:26) - Misconceptions about China (12:57) - Education in China (22:14) - Economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping (27:33) - Mayor economy and GDP growth race (41:20) - Growing up in China (46:58) - First time in the US (51:12) - China's government vs business sector (54:46) - Communism and capitalism (58:25) - Jack Ma (1:04:37) - China's view on innovation and copying ideas (1:11:15) - DeepSeek moment (1:15:09) - CHIPS Act (1:16:56) - Tariffs and Trade (1:29:21) - Immigration (1:34:08) - Taiwan (1:39:54) - One-child policy (1:47:51) - China's economy collapse predictions (1:52:34) - Advice for visiting China PODCAST LINKS: - Podcast Website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast - Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr - Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 - RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ - Podcast Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 - Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/lexclips

This is part two of our series with Joseph Torigian, author of the definitive biography of Xi Zhongxun. This episode traces the inner world of a man navigating power politics, exile, and reform, and the legacy he left his son, Xi Jinping. Against the backdrop of the Great Leap Forward, the Sino-Soviet split, the Cultural Revolution, and reform and opening up, we discuss… The moral dilemmas of a mid-level party cadre, What it's like to be purged, and why the party prescribes self-criticism as therapy, “Frenemies” in the CCP, Deng Xiaoping's autocratic side, and the unsung heros of the reform period, How Xi Zhongxun instilled party loyalty and other values in his son, Xi Zhongxun's return from exile and his complicated relationship with reform, How Chinese leaders think about redemption, guilt, and survival, And a bonus: Why the PRC-produced biopic of Xi Zhongxun is so disappointing — and why his life deserves the Star Wars treatment. Outro music: Teresa Teng - 小城故事 (YouTube Link) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 423 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Joseph Torigian, an expert on the politics of authoritarian regimes and the Chinese Communist Party, with a particular focus on elite power struggles, civil-military relations, and grand strategy. Torigian is also the author of a widely discussed new book titled “The Party's Interests Come First,” a political biography and historical analysis of Xi Zhongxun, the father of Xi Jinping,  the leader of China and the head of the Chinese Communist Party. In the first hour, Torigian and Kofinas trace the evolution, internal contradictions, and complex dynamics of political power and succession within the Chinese Communist Party, revealing the critical role that personal networks, ideological discipline, factional struggle, and narrative have played in shaping Chinese political history and culture. They explore several critical periods in Chinese communist party history, including Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution, the period of reform and opening up under Deng Xiaoping, and the post-Tiananmen period following the 1989 crackdown. In the second hour, Kofinas and Torigian focus on China's current leader, Xi Jinping, examining the political lessons he has drawn from the struggles endured by his father while exploring how those experiences have shaped his party loyalties and reinforced his commitment to restoring China's greatness and securing its position on the global stage. Subscribe to our premium content—including our premium feed, episode transcripts, and Intelligence Reports—by visiting HiddenForces.io/subscribe. If you'd like to join the conversation and become a member of the Hidden Forces Genius community—with benefits like Q&A calls with guests, exclusive research and analysis, in-person events, and dinners—you can also sign up on our subscriber page at HiddenForces.io/subscribe. If you enjoyed today's episode of Hidden Forces, please support the show by: Subscribing on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud, CastBox, or via our RSS Feed Writing us a review on Apple Podcasts & Spotify Joining our mailing list at https://hiddenforces.io/newsletter/ Producer & Host: Demetri Kofinas Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou Subscribe and support the podcast at https://hiddenforces.io. Join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @hiddenforcespod Follow Demetri on Twitter at @Kofinas Episode Recorded on 06/17/2025

From the Taiping and Boxer Rebellions, to the Chinese Revolution and Civil War, through the Long March and the rise of Mao Zedong, to the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution, all the way to Deng's Reform and China today, Professor of East Asian and Global History Dr. Ken Hammond walk us through 200 years of Chinese history to highlight in detail how modern China was forged through centuries of class struggle, resistance, rebellion, and revolution.  After listening to this mega-episode you will have a profound, and deeply inspired, understanding of the rich modern history of China, and be much better able to understand its present and future.   This series originally aired on Guerrilla History in the Spring of 2024 Support Guerrilla History HERE Learn More, Follow, and Support Rev Left Radio HERE

Tennessee Congressman Tim Burchett discusses the latest political maneuverings behind the scenes in Washington. Congressman Burchett shares insights on the current political landscape, the importance of American interests abroad, and the challenges faced by Congress in promoting President Trump's agenda. Clifford May, founder and president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, discusses the troubling statistics reported by the Anti-Defamation League, the influence of universities, and the connections between radical ideologies. May sheds light on the complexities of foreign policy, including the roles of Qatar and the UN in perpetuating these issues, and the challenges faced in combating hatred on a global scale. Finally, Scott Powell, Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, discusses the profound impact of economic decisions on national security, particularly regarding China. Powell highlights China's economic transformation under Deng Xiaoping and Xi Jinping's hardline communist stance. He believes President Trump's tariffs and strategic moves could leverage China's dependency on the U.S. market. They also touch on the potential for isolating China through deals with other countries. Powell emphasizes the importance of U.S. energy independence, noting advancements in fracking technology. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.