China Turns Left
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
As China emerges as a leading global economic power, the Communist Party led by Xi Jinping is taking increasingly aggressive measures to combat inequality and ensure that the entire population benefits in "common prosperity".
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.
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| 0:00.0 | It has now become very clear that the leadership of Xi Jinping, both as the leader of the |
| 0:08.6 | Communist Party in China and of the Chinese state, represents a distinctive new stage in the |
| 0:17.0 | politics of the People's Republic of China. |
| 0:20.6 | We need a new system. We need a new system. We need a new society. |
| 0:24.6 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, |
| 0:29.6 | but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. Welcome to the Real Story segment of The Socialist Program. |
| 0:59.7 | I'm your host, Brian Becker. |
| 1:01.8 | The Socialist Program is broadcast three days each week. |
| 1:05.8 | If you want to support this independent programming, go to patreon.com forward slash the socialist program. |
| 1:14.8 | Today we'll be talking once again to Dr. Ken Hammond. He is a professor of East Asian and |
| 1:20.2 | global history at New Mexico State University. He's the founding director of the Confucius Institute |
| 1:26.5 | at New Mexico State University. |
| 1:29.0 | And he is an organizer with the Peace Group Pivot to Peace here in the United States. |
| 1:35.6 | Dr. Ken Hammond, welcome back. |
| 1:37.7 | Glad to be here, Brian. |
| 1:38.8 | We have some interesting things to cover today. |
| 1:41.8 | We really do. |
| 1:43.0 | You know, Ken, we presented our seven-part, multi-part series on China's |
| 1:50.0 | foreign policy since 1949. And we told everyone, this is it. We're wrapping up. We're done with |
| 1:58.3 | our seven parts, almost six hours of programming. That's really a deep |
| 2:03.0 | dive into the different stages and phases of China's foreign policy and why that foreign |
| 2:10.3 | policy evolved or shifted or changed over the decades. But today we're going to be talking |
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