Ep 86 | The Coming Collapse of China: Gordon Chang Discusses his Books

Talking Taiwan

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:

In 2015, I spoke with Gordon Chang, author and political commentator about his views on China and his books, The Coming Collapse of China, and Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World. I recently invited him back on Talking Taiwan, to listen to that episode, check out episode 85.

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

• How Gordon went from practicing law to writing The Coming Collapse of Chinaand becoming a political commentator who focuses on news about China
• How Gordon’s views of China changed after he worked and lived there from 1996-2001
• How the Chinese Communist Party is going in the wrong direction
• What kind of reactions Gordon’s book, The Coming Collapse of Chinareceived
• What’s going to happen if China does collapse?
• China’s predatory trade policies
• How China’s ban of certain websites and social media platforms delegitimizes the Chinese Communist Party
• Gordon’s impressions of Taiwan
• How Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement was inspired by Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement
• Dissent in Hong Kong, Tibet and the Uighurs in Xinjiang
• Gordon’s book Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World
• How Gordon believes that the U.S. should be calling out China on North Korea
• Gordon’s thoughts on the premise of the film The Interviewand the cyber hacks on Sony
• If Gordon has another book in the works

Related Links:

Gordon Chang on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gordongchang

Gordon Chang’s website: www.gordonchang.com

Gordon’s book Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400062942/qid=1134270260/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-9747648-7111228?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Gordon’s book, The Coming Collapse of China: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/037550477X/qid=1134270217/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl14/002-9747648-7111228?n=507846&s=books&v=glance

Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement: https://qz.com/1714897/what-was-hong-kongs-umbrella-movement-about/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_Movement

Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-asian-studies/article/inside-taiwans-sunflower-movement-twentyfour-days-in-a-studentoccupied-parliament-and-the-future-of-the-region/DB4A7B57538A6F06DC6C8CF0058C8040

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_Student_Movement

The Interview: https://www.netflix.com/title/70305895

https://www.cnn.com/2014/12/27/world/asia/north-korea-the-interview-reaction/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/08/-sp-north-koreans-review-the-interview