Episode #85
Xi Jinping’s paranoid approach to AGI, debt crisis, & Politburo politics — Victor Shih
Or, how China’s political system actually works
What this episode covers
Or, how China’s political system actually works
Where to start
How the Politburo Standing Committee makes decisions
How the Politburo Standing Committee makes decisions
Start at 3:16
Is China more decentralized than the US?
Is China more decentralized than the US?
Start at 0:00
DeepSeek was trained to track CCP policy
DeepSeek was trained to track CCP policy
Start at 35:37
People and topics
Key takeaways
- Is China more decentralized than the US?
- How the Politburo Standing Committee makes decisions
- Xi’s right hand man in charge of AGI
- DeepSeek was trained to track CCP policy
- Local government debt crisis