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Roger Garside On China Fragility, Coup Risks, and US Policy
Roger is a former diplomat, development banker, and capital market development advisor, who twice served in the British Embassy in Beijing, and is the author of the highly acclaimed Coming Alive: China After Mao, which explained how Deng Xiaoping won the struggle to succeed Chairman Mao Zedong and what he would do with his power. He has recently published a provocative new book China Coup: The Great Leap to Freedom. In the podcast, we talk about:
Why China is outwardly strong and inwardly weak
The debt and efficiency problems of the state sector
The role of corruption
The centralisation of…
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