Ep 86 | The Coming Collapse of China: Gordon Chang Discusses his Books

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:

 

In 2015, I spoke with Gordon Chang, author and political commentator about his views on China and his books, The Coming Collapse of China, and Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World. I recently invited him back on Talking Taiwan, to listen to that episode, check out episode 85.

 

 

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

 

How Gordon went from practicing law to writing The Coming Collapse of Chinaand becoming a political commentator who focuses on news about China How Gordon’s views of China changed after he worked and lived there from 1996-2001 How the Chinese Communist Party is going in the wrong direction What kind of reactions Gordon’s book, The Coming Collapse of Chinareceived What’s going to happen if China does collapse? China’s predatory trade policies How China’s ban of certain websites and social media platforms delegitimizes the Chinese Communist Party Gordon’s impressions of Taiwan How Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement was inspired by Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement Dissent in Hong Kong, Tibet and the Uighurs in Xinjiang Gordon’s book Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World How Gordon believes that the U.S. should be calling out China on North Korea Gordon’s thoughts on the premise of the film The Interviewand the cyber hacks on Sony If Gordon has another book in the works

 

 

Related Links:

 

Gordon Chang on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gordongchang

 

Gordon Chang’s website: www.gordonchang.com

 

Gordon’s book Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400062942/qid=1134270260/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-9747648-7111228?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

 

Gordon’s book, The Coming Collapse of China: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/037550477X/qid=1134270217/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl14/002-9747648-7111228?n=507846&s=books&v=glance

 

Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement: https://qz.com/1714897/what-was-hong-kongs-umbrella-movement-about/

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_Movement

 

Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-asian-studies/article/inside-taiwans-sunflower-movement-twentyfour-days-in-a-studentoccupied-parliament-and-the-future-of-the-region/DB4A7B57538A6F06DC6C8CF0058C8040

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_Student_Movement

 

The Interview: https://www.netflix.com/title/70305895

 

https://www.cnn.com/2014/12/27/world/asia/north-korea-the-interview-reaction/index.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/08/-sp-north-koreans-review-the-interview