Chang Che's guest appearances

Chang Che

Sinica Podcast

The Arts of Travel

Elon Musk

Donald Trump

Nancy Pelosi

Peter Thiel

Hussein Kesvani

Shahid Buttar

Raj Patel

Andy Ngo

Jake Flores

Chris Arnade

John Brown

David Graeber

Michael Pettis

Maria Repnikova

Stuart McDonald

OwlTail

Wang Huning

I spoke to Chang Che of SupChina for a fascinating conversation on Wang Huning, the strategist behind Xi Jinping &amp; the Modern CCP We discuss Wang's role in crafting China's authoritarianism to implement capitalist reforms, how Wang's writings convinced party leaders that America would ultimately collapse, the current state of Nihilism in both the US and China amongst young people, and the contrasting legacy of China's 'Covid-Zero' and America's "Covid for Everyone".   For more w. Chang please read his work on Sup China here: https://supchina.com/author/changche/  You can also find a website of all his writings here: https://changnche.com/  Music by Prod Riddiman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLbRJEFSa8 

I spoke to Chang Che of SupChina for a fascinating conversation on Wang Huning, the strategist behind Xi Jinping &amp; the Modern CCP We discuss Wang's role in crafting China's authoritarianism to implement capitalist reforms, how Wang's writings convinced party leaders that America would ultimately collapse, the current state of Nihilism in both the US and China amongst young people, and the contrasting legacy of China's 'Covid-Zero' and America's "Covid for Everyone".  For more w. Chang please read his work on Sup China here: <a href="https://supchina.com/author/changche/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://supchina.com/author/changche/</a> You can also find a website of all his writings here: <a href="https://changnche.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://changnche.com/</a> Music by Prod Riddiman: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLbRJEFSa8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLbRJEFSa8</a>

Chang Che on Wang Huning: The Mind behind Xi & the Modern CCP

The COVID lockdown in China's biggest city, Shanghai, hasn't been going exactly according to plan. This week on Sinica, we speak with our business editor Chang Che, who flew back to Shanghai in early March and emerged from quarantine just in time for "dynamic clearing." He gives us a first-hand look at the scramble for basic food, and offers his take on China's vaunted state capacity, the role of neighborhood committees in implementing central government policy, what went so badly wrong in Shanghai, and what lessons might be learned for the next Chinese city that sees an Omicron outbreak.2:38 – Chang's experience of the lockdown7:46 – The current mood in Shanghai11:02 – Neighborhood Committees: the foot soldiers of pandemic prediction14:00 – Explaining the relatively low rate of vaccination among the elderly in Shanghai18:47 – The case for locking down Shanghai, and how they might have done it better31:01 – The reputational damage to China33:31 – Schadenfreude41:04 – Why a state that can test 26 million in a day can't keep people fedA transcript of this podcast is available on SupChina.com.Recommendations: Chang: Tokyo Vice on HBO MaxKaiser: The National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VirginiaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The COVID lockdown in China's biggest city, Shanghai, hasn't been going exactly according to plan. This week on Sinica, we speak with our business editor Chang Che, who flew back to Shanghai in early March and emerged from quarantine just in time for "dynamic clearing." He gives us a first-hand look at the scramble for basic food, and offers his take on China's vaunted state capacity, the role of neighborhood committees in implementing central government policy, what went so badly wrong in Shanghai, and what lessons might be learned for the next Chinese city that sees an Omicron outbreak.2:38 – Chang's experience of the lockdown7:46 – The current mood in Shanghai11:02 – Neighborhood Committees: the foot soldiers of pandemic prediction14:00 – Explaining the relatively low rate of vaccination among the elderly in Shanghai18:47 – The case for locking down Shanghai, and how they might have done it better31:01 – The reputational damage to China33:31 – Schadenfreude41:04 – Why a state that can test 26 million in a day can't keep people fed<a href="https://supchina.com/2022/04/14/locked-down-in-shanghai/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">A transcript of this podcast is available on SupChina.com.</a>Recommendations: Chang: <a href="https://www.hbomax.com/a/grw-tov?utm_id=sa%7c71700000091586550%7c58700007711462058%7cp69945393612&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwjN-SBhCkARIsACsrBz419dvhtgzkJRdFgMwvA2eP0bXrmcpf_8VXFQIV2JZMbgXz3XK3i6AaAhP-EALw_wcB&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Tokyo Vice </a>on HBO MaxKaiser: The <a href="https://www.si.edu/museums/air-and-space-museum-udvar-hazy-center" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center</a> in Chantilly, Virginia See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

Inside the Shanghai lockdown, with SupChina's own Chang Che