EPISODE · May 24, 2026
Ho-fung Hung on the Political Economy of China
from Future Histories International · host Jan Groos
Ho-fung Hung on the Political Economy of China.Shownotes Ho-fung HungProf. Ho-fung Hung at the Johns Hopkins University:https://soc.jhu.edu/directory/ho-fung-hung/The Conference ‘China and Us: Perspectives on Peace, Human Rights and Socio-Ecological Transformation’:https://www.attac.de/china-konferenz/startseiteHo-fung, H. (2015). The China Boom. Why China Will Not Rule the World. Columbia University Press. https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-china-boom/9780231540223/on Citic Press: https://www.group.citic/en/Diversified_Portfolio/New_Consumption/Citic_Publish/on the 1989 protests in China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacreon the fiscal reform in China in 1994: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax-Sharing_Reform_of_China_in_1994on Carl Schmitt:https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Schmitthttps://www.bpb.de/shop/zeitschriften/apuz/archiv/537943/ortung-und-ordnung-carl-schmitt-im-nationalsozialismus/on Benito Mussolini: https://www.dhm.de/lemo/biografie/benito-mussolinihttps://nationalgeographic.de/geschichte-und-kultur/2023/09/benito-mussolini-aufstieg-und-fall-eines-faschistischen-diktators/the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China: https://english.www.gov.cn/archive/lawsregulations/201911/20/content_WS5ed8856ec6d0b3f0e9499913.htmlon Foucault's ‘Regime of Truth’: Lorenzini, D. (2015). What is a ‘Regime of Truth’?. Le foucaldien 1(1). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317961938_What_is_a_Regime_of_Truththe mentioned article by Ho-fung Hung in the Jacobin: Ho-fung, H. (2023). Mussolini in Beijing. Jacobin. https://jacobin.com/2023/02/mussolini-in-beijingon China’s falling CO2 emissions: https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-21-months/on renewable energy in China: https://www.carbonbrief.org/china-briefing-5-february-2026-clean-energys-share-of-economy-record-renewables-thawing-relations-with-uk/Ho-fung, H. (2026). The China Question. Eight Centuries of Fantasy and Fear. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/china-question/C15B207366F98DC034ED279435A8CCCAon the case of Solyndra:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solyndraon the economic policy of Mao Zedong and China’s relationship to the Soviet Union, Felix Wemheuer’s youtube channel ‘Studying Maoist China’ is recommended: https://www.youtube.com/@felixwemheuerstudyingmaois1051on Chile during the Cold War: Lockhart, J. (2016). Reimagining Chile’s Cold War Experience: From the Conflict’s Origins to Salvador Allende’s Inauguration. University of Arizona. https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/620841on Salvador Allende: www.britannica.com/biography/Salvador-Allendeon the Paris Commune:Badiou, A. (2021). The Paris Commune: Marx, Mao, Tomorrow. Monthly Review 73(1). https://monthlyreview.org/articles/the-paris-commune-marx-mao-tomorrow/Weber, I. M. (2021). How China Escaped Shock Therapy. The Market Reform Debate. Routledge.https://www.routledge.com/How-China-Escaped-Shock-Therapy-The-Market-Reform-Debate/Weber/p/book/9781032008493the mentioned publication on i.a. guerilla policymaking: Heilmann, S. & Perry, E. J. (2011). Mao’s Invisible Hand. The Political Foundations of Adaptive Governance in China. Harvard University Press. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674060630the quote ‘it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism’ is commonly attributed to Frederic Jameson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredric_Jamesonon Wolfgang Streeck: https://www.mpifg.de/457994/Streeckon the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Hungarian_parliamentary_electionRelevant Episodes of Future Histories S04E02 | Merle Groneweg zu Staatskapitalismus, Ökologie und Klimapolitik in Chinahttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s04/e02-merle-groneweg-zu-staatskapitalismus-oekologie-und-klimapolitik-in-china/S03E60 | Felix Wemheuer zu unserer Zukunft mit Chinahttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e60-felix-wemheuer-zu-unserer-zukunft-mit-china/S02E09 | Isabella M. Weber zu Chinas drittem Weg https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e09-isabella-m-weber-zu-chinas-drittem-weg/Future Histories Contact & SupportIf you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistoriesContact: [email protected]: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistoriesEnglish webpage: https://futurehistories-international.com Episode Keywords#Ho-fungHung, #JanGroos, #Interview, #JohnHopkinsUniversity, #FutureHistories, #China, #PoliticalEconomy, #Capitalism, #MarketSocialism, #Socialism, #Mao, #Governmentality, #Democracy, #Imagination, #Society, #Communism, #ClimateChange, #FutureHistoriesInternational
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