China's Foreign Policy: Complete Series + Bonus Content (1949-Today)
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2021
⏱️ 368 minutes
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Summary
As the U.S. war machine ramps up aggression towards China, understanding the history of the country's engagement with the world is more crucial than ever. This multi-part series takes an in-depth look at the history of China's foreign policy since the 1949 revolution brought the Communist Party to power.
This series is now seamlessly combined into this one episode file, with bonus content including immersive archival recordings and original music.
Brian is joined by Kenneth Hammond, a Professor of East Asian and Global History at New Mexico State University and an activist with the organization Pivot to Peace.
Part 1: 1949-1959 - Starts at 0:00:00
Part 2: 1959-1965 - Starts at 0:57:18
Part 3: 1965-1975 - Starts at 1:50:40
Part 4: 1975-1989 - Starts at 2:38:15
Part 5: 1989-1995 - Starts at 3:40:09
Part 6: 1995-2010 - Starts at 4:02:07
Part 7: 2011-2021 - Starts at 5:00:52
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| 0:00.0 | Starting in 2018, the United States adopted a new military doctrine, announcing that major power confrontation with China would be its dominant focus. |
| 0:14.6 | Today, we examine China's foreign policy and its evolution since the 1949 revolution brought the Communist Party of China to power. |
| 0:25.4 | Today, I'm going to. |
| 0:30.6 | On October 1, 1949, we listened to the radio. |
| 0:35.2 | We heard the ceremony of the founding with the People's Republic of China. |
| 0:41.5 | Chairman Mao proclaimed |
| 0:43.0 | that the Chinese people had stood up. |
| 0:47.6 | All of us were overjoyed. |
| 0:50.5 | We jumped around. |
| 0:53.2 | We were really proud and happy. We were really proud and happy. |
| 0:55.7 | Welcome to the real story on the Socialist Program. |
| 1:09.3 | I'm your host, Brian Becker. |
| 1:12.8 | We're joined by Dr. Ken Hammond. Dr. Hammond is a professor of East Asian and global history at New Mexico State University. |
| 1:19.7 | He is a founding director of the Confucius Institute at the New Mexico State University. |
| 1:25.7 | He is also an organizer and activist with the Peace Organization Pivot to Peace. |
| 1:32.1 | Ken Hammond, welcome back. |
| 1:33.9 | Glad to be here, Brian. |
| 1:35.7 | Ken, in our conversation with you a couple weeks ago, |
| 1:39.0 | we talked about what to expect with the new Biden administration. |
| 1:43.7 | Obviously, since 2018, the U.S. military policy |
| 1:48.5 | has been reoriented. Its foreign policy reoriented, the so-called Asia pivot that President |
| 1:55.1 | Obama announced in Australia 10 years ago. 2011 has manifested itself, evolved, or shown itself to be basically a |
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