This special episode of Barbarians at the Gate recorded last night provides a “time stamp" and an initial reaction to the protests in several major Chinese cities on November 26 and 27, including the situation in Beijing.
Barbarians at the Gate: It's a Matter of Trust
China’s Struggles to Reconcile Church and State are Rooted in History
The Party Goes Retro for National Day
My Beijing Insecurity (on National Security Education Day)
Life in Xi Jinping's "Amazing China"
Xi Jinping: The Godfather of China
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in 2018: Evan Osnos, American Decline, and the Country of Cats
Dangerous Benevolence
Changing the Guard
Xi Writes Himself into the Narrative of China’s Modern Rejuvenation
Taiwan's apology, Beijing's problem
Plenums, Plans, Centenary Goals, and the Chinese Dream
China's railways: Railroaded
Parallel history: Times of intrigue and promise
Bo knows Hollywood
Ambassadors Caught on Tape, China Edition
China: Not Quite a Revolution
The CCP knows that they could never hope to suppress every single act of defiance in a country as large and diverse as China, so they have instead chosen to invest time, money, and energy in preventing these acts from linking together, either vertically across class lines or horizontally across geographic space.