312 | Christopher Marquis: How China's Communist Roots Shape Its Economy, State Party, and Xi Jinping's Ambitions

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🗓️ 15 November 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Christopher Marquis, Sinyi Professor of Chinese Management at Cambridge Judge Business School and author of Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise, joins The Realignment to discuss the degree to which China's economic success is rooted in communism, the throughline between the leadership of Mao Zedong and Xi Jinping, and what the West's traditional understanding of Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in the 1970s gets wrong.

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0:00.0	Archer here. Welcome back to the Realignment.
0:08.5	Hey everyone, welcome back to another week of the Realignment.
0:12.0	Great episode today. I'm speaking with Cambridge Professor Christopher Marcus about his new book,
0:17.5	Mao in Markets, The Communist Fruits of Chinese Enterprise.
0:21.0	This is a fascinating episode for me because I spent most of my time on the show focused on the foreign policy angle.
0:27.5	When it comes to China and the Chinese Communist Party,
0:31.0	last episode is on Taiwan, Great Power Competition,
0:34.5	Policy Intersex with the US and Trade Policy.
0:37.5	Today's conversation is really about how the legacy of Mao Zedong's leadership
0:42.0	and communist ideology and economic practice influenced the Chinese system today,
0:48.0	which as Christopher points out, is a mix of these different systems and legacies.
0:53.0	This is also a great episode in the context of last month's 20th party Congress.
0:58.5	So, hope you enjoy and would love to hear what folks think.
1:02.0	You can email us at reelingupodatgemo.com or comment on the substack that comes out every Friday.
1:09.5	Last but not least, a huge shout out to everyone who supported the Supercast.
1:14.0	So far, Taui Pei, the bills here and would love to really finish strong with new subscriptions going into the new year.
1:20.5	You can go to reallignment.supercast.com or click the link at the top of your show notes.
1:27.0	If you all enjoy, let's call for a session.
1:43.5	Chris Parkress, welcome to the reallignment.
1:46.5	Thanks for having me.
1:48.5	Let's just start with the most basic question.
1:51.5	What does the word communism mean today?
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