This week on Sinica, Kaiser is joined by historian Timothy Cheek of the University of British Columbia, political scientist Elizabeth Perry of Harvard, and our very own Jeremy Goldkorn, editor-in-chief of SupChina, in a wide-ranging discussion of the Chinese Communist Party on the occasion of its 100th birthday. The three each contributed chapters to a new volume called The Chinese Communist Party: A Century in 10 Lives, edited by Timothy Cheek, Klaus Mülhahn, and Hans van der Ven. Don’t miss this one!
8:59: Cosmopolitan traditions within the CCP
13:10: Continuity and change within the Party
20:19: The oscillations between flexibility and rigidity
34:25: Intellectuals and their relationship with the Party
50:37: Wang Guangmei and the Peach Garden Experience
A full transcript of this episode is available on SupChina.com.
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