Jeffrey Wasserstrom is a professor of history at UC Irvine and a specialist in modern Chinese history. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink. His most recent book is Everything You Wanted To Know About China: But Were Afraid To Ask, a very handy primer on contemporary China.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom.Illustration by Lauren Crow
Q: How did you come to write this book?
A: I was invited to do a marathon podcast session with Lex Fridman, wh
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