Jeffrey Wasserstrom: China, Xi Jinping, Trade War, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mao | Lex Fridman Podcast #466
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Jeffrey Wasserstrom draws a complex comparison between Mao Zedong and current leader Xi Jinping, noting that while both are subjects of intense personality cults—a phenomenon absent in China for decades after 1976—their approaches to governance differ significantly due to their relationship with tra …