In 2015, I spoke with Gordon Chang, author and political commentator about his views on China and his books, The Coming Collapse of China, and Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World. I recently invited him back on Talking Taiwan, to listen to that episode, check out episode 85.
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Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:
- How Gordon went from practicing law to writing The Coming Collapse of China and becoming a political commentator who focuses on news about China
- How Gordon’s views of China changed after he worked and lived there from 1996-2001
- How the Chinese Communist Party is going in the wrong direction
- What kind of reactions Gordon’s book, The Coming Collapse of China received
- What’s going to happen if China does collapse?
- China’s predatory trade policies
- How China’s ban of certain websites and social media platforms delegitimizes the Chinese Communist Party
- Gordon’s impressions of Taiwan
- How Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement was inspired by Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement
- Dissent in Hong Kong, Tibet and the Uighurs in Xinjiang
- Gordon’s book Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World
- How Gordon believes that the U.S. should be calling out China on North Korea
- Gordon’s thoughts on the premise of the film The Interview and the cyber hacks on Sony
- If Gordon has another book in the works
We recently invited Gordon back to Talking Taiwan to talk about the Hong Kong Security Law in Episode 85.
Related Links:
Gordon Chang on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gordongchang
Gordon Chang’s website: www.gordonchang.com
Gordon’s book Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World:
Gordon’s book, The Coming Collapse of China :
Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement:
Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement:
The Interview : https://www.netflix.com/title/70305895