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Feb 2024
29m 36s

How China Broke One Man’s Dreams

The New York Times
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A crisis of confidence is brewing inside China, where the government is turning believers in the Chinese dream into skeptics willing to flee the country. Li Yuan, who writes about technology, business and politics across Asia for The Times, explains why that crisis is now showing up at the United States’ southern border. Guest: Li Yuan, who writes the New ... Show More
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