China’s Return: the Quest for a Socialist Future and the US’s Huge Miscalculation
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Before it was colonized and divided, China was once the most powerful economy in the world. Today it is re-emerging as a leading force, under “socialism with Chinese characteristics.” What paths has China taken since the 1949 revolution and is the country still headed to socialism?
Brian Becker is joined by Dr. Ken Hammond, professor of East Asian and Global History at New Mexico State University, founding director of the Confucius Institute at New Mexico State University, activist with Pivot to Peace, and author of the new book “China's Revolution and the Quest for a Socialist Future,” which was just released at 1804books.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Until the end of the 18th century, China was the most powerful and productive economy in the entire world. |
| 0:10.0 | Today, China is re-emerging as a leading economic force. |
| 0:15.0 | But today, the Chinese government and its ruling Communist Party says that China is not only growing economically, |
| 0:22.6 | but that it is building socialism with Chinese characteristics. |
| 0:27.6 | Today we're going to talk about exactly what the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party mean by socialism with Chinese characteristics? |
| 0:38.3 | We need a new system. |
| 0:40.3 | We need a new society. |
| 0:42.3 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not |
| 0:47.3 | only realizable, but an imperative necessity. Welcome to this week's episode of The Real Story on the Socialist Program. |
| 1:18.5 | I'm your host, Brian Becker. |
| 1:20.7 | Today we're talking once again with Dr. Ken Hammond. |
| 1:24.2 | Dr. Hammond is a professor of East Asian and Global History at New Mexico State University. |
| 1:29.3 | He was the founding director of the Confucius Institute at the university. |
| 1:34.3 | He's an organizer with the Peace Organization Pivot to Peace. |
| 1:38.3 | And very importantly, he is also the author of a brand new book, |
| 1:43.3 | China's Revolution and The Quest for a Socialist Future, |
| 1:49.1 | which was just released this week. |
| 1:51.6 | You can find it at 1804books.com. |
| 1:56.1 | Dr. Hammond, welcome back. |
| 1:57.7 | Glad to be here, Brian. |
| 1:59.4 | Well, I'm so happy about this book. |
| 2:02.0 | It's been a project that you've been working on for some time. |
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