#32 | The Rising Sun – Zhou Enlai, Sun Weishi, and Jiang Qing
Stuck in the Middle Kingdom with You
English - November 10, 2022 14:02 - 22 minutes - 22 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHistory Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On the past few episodes of SMKY, we covered some of the challenges in modern China with regard to the competition, guanxi and ruthlessness which infuse the culture. China is indeed a competitive society where relationships matter more than anything, and one-upmanship is the name of the game. But, despite Xi Jinping’s cult of personality, the situation now is nothing when compared to the headiest days of the Mao years, when even for the number 2, Premier Zhou Enlai, things were touch n go.
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