China Unraveled

Jason Szeftel, a political and economic writer and podcaster stops by to talk about China. Jason has always been fascinated with China; he learned the language, studied in Beijing and traveled extensively throughout the country. He is familiar with China's culture, its people, its economics and its politics. His upcoming book, China Unraveled, chronicles the story of China’s many cycles of order and chaos, and it poses the question, “What does the next phase in China’s history mean for the United States and the world?”

China’s future clearly depends on trade because it cannot even begin to consume the volume of goods that it produces. It has become very successful as the world’s leading manufacturer, and yet, its success has brought numerous destabilizing changes within the country. It struggles to maintain a delicate balance between a highly globalized future and another plunge into a dark - often violent - period of chaos. China is not alone on the precipice; it has become such an integral part of the world’s economy that if it falls back into chaos, it could well bring the rest of the world with it.