#466 – Jeffrey Wasserstrom: China, Xi Jinping, Trade War, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mao

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The following is a conversation with Jeffrey Waserstrom, a historian of modern China. This is the Lex Freedman podcast. To support it, please check out our sponsors in the description. And now, dear friends, here's Jeffrey Waserstrom. You've compared Xi Jinping and Maong in the past. What are the parallels between the two leaders and where do they differ? Xi Jinping of course is the current leader of China for the past 12 years and Ma Dong was the communist leader of China…

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• society
• culture
• The following is a conversation with Jeffrey Waserstrom, a historian of modern China
• This is the Lex Freedman podcast
• To support it, please check out our sponsors in the description