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Welcome to The Dig a podcast from Jacobin magazine. My name is Daniel Denver and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island

Today is part two of my two-part interview with sociologist Ho Fung Hung the author of the book the China boom

Why China will not rule the world and out just now clash of empires from Chimerica to the new Cold War

In today's episode we discussed the 2008 financial crisis

How China's response to that crisis deepened global and domestic economic imbalances and contributed to the heightening of geopolitical conflict

And then also this current situation including the impact of the crises surrounding Russia's invasion and what that all means for the US China rivalry

That in a whole lot more

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