Orville looks back at the overlapping themes covered in Wealth and Power, and at the concurrences and contradictions between China’s quest for wealth and the desire of some Chinese to obtain basic human rights for Chinese people.
John reflects on Wealth and Power, and why at this moment in Chinese history it’s more important than ever to try and understand the steps China took to get where they are today.
On September 21, 1949, Mao triumphantly proclaimed to assembled Communist Legislators that the Chinese people had “stood up.” On October 1, 1949, from Tiananmen Square, Mao announced the founding of the People’s Republic of China.