Hosting James Palmer on China

l share my reflections on latest TGG episode, involving James Palmer of Foreign Policy where we covered China's Protests as Nov became Dec.

Building up to the Space

China’s protests which were sudden and dramatic were very notable and caught the globe off-guard, let alone me.

James and l had been in touch for several weeks about having a podcast talk, but naturally, his schedule meant we couldn’t hold it for over a month.

Originally I’d wanted to cover the CCP Summit in-depth since it’s when Xi had basically consolidated his leadership for life and would have huge, wide-ranging, long-term repercussions.

(Ie trying to be a modern-day Mao Zedong).