Jeffrey Wasserstrom: China, Xi Jinping, Trade War, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mao | Lex Fridman Podcast

Jeffrey Wasserstrom is a historian of modern China.
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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
0:16 - Xi Jinping and Mao Zedong
3:45 - Confucius
11:15 - Education
19:21 - Tiananmen Square
30:36 - Tank Man
40:36 - Censorship
1:16:33 - Xi Jinping
1:34:41 - Donald Trump
1:38:34 - Trade war
1:51:23 - Taiwan
2:01:36 - Protests in Hong Kong
2:33:55 - Mao Zedong
2:55:36 - Future of China

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