#1640 China Explained: From Cars to Computer Chips, Communism to Carbon Emissions, the South China Sea to Space, and Clinton to Biden
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 5 July 2024
⏱️ 174 minutes
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Summary
Air Date 7/5/2024
China is an undeniable force in the world relating to several major political issues and to address their influence without a deep understanding of the history, context, and current dynamics would be to invite 100 years of humiliation.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: Joe Biden's Radical Worldview - More Perfect Union - Air Date 6-27-24
KP 2: Why China Doesn't Identify with the West, Explained - Siming Lan - Air Date 9-23-22
KP 3: Has China's Belt and Road Initiative been a success? - Financial Times - Air Date 10-30-23
KP 4: Why China Isn't the Problem - Our Changing Climate - Air Date 5-5-23
KP 6: Why China's Economy is Finally Slowing Down - Wendover - Air Date 3-21-24
KP 7: Our New Global Economy - Johnny Harris - Air Date 12-20-23
(1:04:13) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On how Joe Biden can become a hero in the wake of his debate with Trump
DEEPER DIVES
(1:12:51) SECTION A: CHINA'S ECONOMIC FOREIGN POLICY
A2: Has Africa gained from China's infrastructure plans? - Focus on Africa - Air Date 10-20-23
(1:37:10) SECTION B: THE EV WARS
(1:59:44) SECTION C: TECH AND SPACE RACE
(2:14:44) SECTION D: ESCALATING TENSIONS
MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions)
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Description: An illustration of a darkened, draped Chinese flag, with its 5-star pattern, close up.
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| 0:18.6 | Welcome to this episode of the award winning Best of the Left |
| 0:21.4 | podcast. China is an undeniable force in the world relating to |
| 0:26.2 | several major political issues and to address their influence without a deep understanding |
| 0:32.3 | of the history, context, and current dynamics would be to invite |
| 0:37.6 | 100 years of humiliation. |
| 0:40.2 | Sources providing our top takes today include more Perfect Union, Simming-Lan, The Financial Times, |
| 0:46.8 | Our Changing Climate, TLDR News Global, Windover, and Johnny Harris. Then in the additional deeper dives half of the show |
| 0:55.7 | there will be more on China's economic foreign policy, the EV Wars, the Tech and |
| 1:02.1 | Space Race, and escalating tensions. |
| 1:05.0 | In 2000, in 2000, |
| 1:09.0 | in 2000, Clinton normalized trade relations with China, supporting the country's entry into the world trade organization. |
| 1:18.0 | The addition of the Chinese economy to the global marketplace will result in a more efficient worldwide |
| 1:25.1 | allocation of resources and will raise standards of living in China and its trading partners. |
| 1:31.0 | Chinese exports flooded America |
| 1:35.5 | and really were responsible for a large percentage |
| 1:38.8 | of the losses of manufacturing jobs in the United States. |
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