Episode 08: Septuagenarian Superpower

Happy Birthday to the PRC, Happy Birthday to the PRC... it doesn't really flow that well, does it? But if you live in China and you know what's good for you, you were singing along to Xi Jinping's tune this week, when the Chinese Communist Party celebrated the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China's founding. Since 1949, the PRC has come from abject poverty and starvation all the way to the doorstep of global hegemony -- only to run smack into an increasingly hostile United States, which isn't exactly ready to vacate the premises! This week, we dig into China's troubles from Hong Kong to Xinjiang, China's big military modernization, the Belt and Road Initiative, the Great Firewall of China, Trump's trade war, and oh so much more!As always, if you like what we're doing, please share, rate, and subscribe :) KTHXBYE!