The Chinese Revolution - Good Thing, Bad Thing? (1949 - Present)

Well, it nearly killed him, but Professor Jimbo finally finished his epic three part lecture on the #ChineseRevolution. Featuring special guest lecturer, Siraj A. Hashmi of the @HabibiBros!Show more

Now, let's never speak of this again.

Topics include Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Lin Bao, Peng Dehuai, Deng Xiaoping, Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party, the People's Republic of China, the Korean War, the Great Leap Forward, the Four Pests Campaign, the Great Chinese Famine, the Cultural Revolution, the Four Olds, Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, the Tienanmen Square Massacre, the One-Child Policy, the Uighur Genocide, Liberalism, Tradition, and Richard Nixon.

Moar Chinese Revolution videos...

Part One (Origins - 1911): https://youtu.be/L0cTdxGF9uQ
Part Two (1911 - 1949): https://youtu.be/MqSBGBShdx4

Even moar controversial lectures...

The French Revolution: https://youtu.be/1oP94f_ANM4
The Russian Revolution: https://youtu.be/TklISW2wzWg
The First Thanksgiving: https://youtu.be/XEOV-SP_0OI

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Episodes:
00:00:00 - 14a) Great Leap Forward
00:08:14 - 14b) Deep Dark Pit
00:19:56 - 15a) Big Dumb Idiot
00:32:25 - 15b) Stupid Dumb Things
00:40:19 - 16) Please Let Me Go Home
00:50:05 - 17) Our Turn F*** Up World
00:59:32 - Special Secret Guest
01:03:27 - 18) Path To True Wisdom