The Lie That Built Modern China - Frank Dikötter
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Episode: The Lie That Built Modern China - Frank Dikötter
Pub date: 2026-03-05
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I've spent a lot of time studying China — the culture, the power, the politics — and I thought I knew the story, but my guest today, historian Frank Dikötter, absolutely blew my mind, because the founding myth of the world's most powerful authoritarian state is built on a lie. Stick around, because this conversation is going to change the way…
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