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0:00 Edward’s new book, At the Edge of Empire: A Family’s Reckoning with China
3:41 What Americans get wrong about China
13:09 Humiliation and China’s national psychology
17:14 Why Edward’s father joined the People’s Liberation Army
25:59 How Edward’s father fell out of favor with the PLA
37:15 How draconian is Xi Jinping’s crackdown on Uyghurs?
43:56 Famine, purges, and alienation in Mao’s China
49:04 Heading to Overtime
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Edward Wong (The New York Times, At the Edge of Empire). Recorded June 18, 2024.
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Overtime titles:
0:00 How Edward’s parents got to the USA
5:46 Are the US and China creeping toward war?
22:02 Does Beijing want to spread autocracy globally?
33:21 Why can’t the US and China rule the world together?
