Jeffrey Wasserstrom is a historian of modern China.

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Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink: https://amzn.to/4jmxWmT (https://amzn.to/4jmxWmT)

Oxford History of Modern China: https://amzn.to/3RAJ9nI (https://amzn.to/3RAJ9nI)

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OUTLINE:

(00:00) – Introduction

(00:06) – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections

(10:29) – Xi Jinping and Mao Zedong

(13:57) – Confucius

(21:27) – Education

(29:33) – Tiananmen Square

(40:49) – Tank Man

(50:49) – Censorship

(1:26:45) – Xi Jinping

(1:44:53) – Donald Trump

(1:48:47) – Trade war

(2:01:35) – Taiwan

(2:11:48) – Protests in Hong Kong

(2:44:07) – Mao Zedong

(3:05:48) – Future of China

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