This week on Sinica, in a show recorded on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions, historian Adam Tooze joins to chat about what the U.S. wants from China, China's vaulting green energy ambitions, and much more. Don't miss this episode: Tooze gets pretty darn spicy!
3:13 How Adam launched Chartbook in Chinese
5:37 How Dalian and Beijing have changed since Adam’s last visit in 2019
9:01 What the West wants from China, the Thucydides Trap,
15:11 The trajectory of China’s economic development and why it’s hard for the West to reconcile with]
25:11 “Overcapacity” and the politics of renewable energy
31:00 Russo-Chinese relations and the war in Ukraine
37:12 The Global South and China since February 24th and October 7th and the importance of Africa with regards to global development
41:39 Green energy as a driver of high-quality development in China
47:49 The “Red New Deal” and the combination punch metaphor
51:57 Adam’s cognitive style (an interrelated thinker averse to analogizing), climate as a touchstone topic, and China’s importance in global climate politics
Recommendations:
Adam: The work of Lauri Myllyvirta, including his analysis on Carbon Brief
Kaiser: Rewatching The Wire TV series (2002-2008)
Adam Tooze on the U.S., China, the Energy Transition — and Saying the Unsayable