The "Chinese Century" narrative I grew up hearing is completely wrong. Rather than displacing America as the next global hegemon, China stands on the precipice of history's most catastrophic social implosion. After decades of double-digit growth and global influence-building, China is rapidly sliding toward Maoism, international isolation, economic gridlock, and widespread protests. This episode maps the coming Chinese civil war that will likely kill hundreds of millions and shatter all assumptions about the global future.

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Bibliography:

Asian Waters by Humphrey Hawksley

Asia's Cauldron by Robert Kaplan

Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan

Why Nations Fail by James Robinson and Daron Acemoglu

The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama

The Next 100 Years by George Friedman

World Order by Henry Kissinger

The Best of Times and the Worst of Times by Michael Burleigh

Seeing Like a State by James C Scott

Destined for War by Graham Allison

Crashed by Adam Tooze

China's Asian Dream by Tom Miller

China by John Keay

Mao by Jung Chang

The Soul of China by Amaury de Riencourt

Oriental Ways of Thinking by Nakamura