Did you know that living standards in China by 1978 were lower than what they were in 1949? Are you aware that the percentage of foreign residents in China today is lower than that of North Korea? These are some of the surprising facts touched upon in my conversation with Frank Dikötter, drawing insights from his recent book China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower.
Frank Dikötter is Chair Professor of Humanities at the University of Hong Kong and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. Before moving to Asia in 2006, he was professor of modern history of China at the School of Oriental and