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The China Panic Is a Scam: What the Soviet EraCan Teach Us About China's Future | Throwback Thursday
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For forty years Americans were told the Soviet Union was unstoppable.
Then it disappeared.
Today we're hearing similar warnings about China.
In this Throwback Thursday episode, Chad Law explores whether America is once again underestimating itself while overestimating its biggest rival.
From Sputnik and the Cold War to China's demographic collapse, military ambitions, economic challenges, Taiwan, and the future of American power, this episode examines what history can teach us about fear, propaganda, and geopolitical reality.
China is serious.
The panic is manufactured.
And we've seen this movie before.
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00:00 The Fear That Defined America
02:28 Sputnik and the Missile Gap
08:37 The Soviet Giant Cracks
18:30 The Soviet Economy Was Hollow
27:39 The Wall That Told the Truth
33:04 Enter China
36:49 China's Population Collapse
43:19 The Empty Cradle Problem
49:14 China's Economic Reality
56:29 Oil, Food, and Dependency
1:03:04 China's Military Strengths and Weaknesses
1:12:49 Who Benefits From Fear?
1:24:04 America's Forgotten Advantages
1:33:54 Reagan, Berlin, and Confidence
1:46:09 Final Thoughts
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