What the West Got Wrong About China, Part 1

The Daily

• Episode: What the West Got Wrong About China, Part 1
• Website: The Daily
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• Duration: 00:20:32
• Published: 2018-12-04 11:44

From the very beginning, the West was certain that China would not pull off its economic experiment. That certainty came from a set of assumptions about how societies function and political freedoms emerge. But those assumptions were wrong — and China became stronger than ever. Guest: Philip P. Pan, the Asia editor for The New York Times, spoke with us from Beijing. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.