Why does China LOOK like that??

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China can BUILD. Their infrastructure is incredible. And I always figured that was because they're basically a dictatorship: what the leader says, goes. But the real reason turned out to be way more interesting.

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If you want to learn more about how China built so much so fast, we also created a reading list you can check out here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/197FjTj2glJsiOlxdnEakPBHMYdTEi7ibNwN6mHDb1hA/edit?usp=sharing

Special thanks to:

- Bruce Dickson, George Washington University

- Andrew Fedorov

- Lynette Ong, University of Toronto

- Victor Shih, UC San Diego

- Dan Wang, Hoover Institution

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-- VIDEO CHAPTERS --

00:00 Intro

4:42 Chinese Characteristics

10:11 Party-State

15:38 Modest Prosperity

22:53 Eating In Separate Kitchens

29:29 To Get Rich, First Build Roads

33:59 Lying Flat

38:24 Maintaining Stability

42:18 A Pat on the Shoulder

46:38 The New Era

Correction:

35:35 - This timeline incorrectly labels Hua Guofeng in Chinese using his birth name, 苏铸. He adopted the name 华国锋 in the 1930s and was known by that name during his political career.

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