How do China's government, political system, and socialist market economy actually work? How does China see democracy, the USA, and Donald Trump's trade war? Renowned Chinese scholar Zhang Weiwei explains the China model in this interview with Ben Norton.

VIDEO with subtitles here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkVyYvWezI0

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0:00 Highlights

1:30 Introduction to Zhang Weiwei

1:51 The China model

3:23 Civilization-state

4:13 Meritocracy

5:01 Socialist market economy

7:52 US capitalism vs Chinese socialism

9:36 Foreign investment in China

11:15 How China sees democracy

13:46 How laws are made in China

15:59 Economic planning

16:59 Debate with Francis Fukuyama

20:11 US trade war on China

23:36 Dedollarization of financial system

28:17 The multipolar future

29:36 Outro