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EPISODE · Aug 23, 2025 · 29 MIN

How does China's system really work? This famous Chinese professor explains

from Geopolitical Economy Report · host Ben Norton

How do China's government, political system, and socialist market economy actually work? How does China see democracy, the USA, and Donald Trump's trade war? Renowned Chinese scholar Zhang Weiwei explains the China model in this interview with Ben Norton. VIDEO with subtitles here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkVyYvWezI0 Topics 0:00 Highlights 1:30 Introduction to Zhang Weiwei 1:51 The China model 3:23 Civilization-state 4:13 Meritocracy 5:01 Socialist market economy 7:52 US capitalism vs Chinese socialism 9:36 Foreign investment in China 11:15 How China sees democracy 13:46 How laws are made in China 15:59 Economic planning 16:59 Debate with Francis Fukuyama 20:11 US trade war on China 23:36 Dedollarization of financial system 28:17 The multipolar future 29:36 Outro

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