Professor Answers China Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Political scientist Michael Beckley joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about modern China. When does the history of modern China begin? What do Westerners get wrong about China? Who is winning the current trade war between the U.S. and China? What about the tech war? Why would China ever want to invade Taiwan? Does China own American farms? Answers to these questions and many more await on China Support. 0:00 Join the bots down below 0:21 What do Westerners get wrong about China? 0:47 A Timeline of Modern China 2:12 Why would China want to invade Taiwan? 3:40 What China gets right 5:07 The United States / China trade war 6:10 Is China truly Communist? 7:41 Mao 8:57 Effects of the “one child” policy 10:36 Chinese ghost cities 11:21 Xi Jinping’s Power 13:10 China’s role in the COVID-19 Pandemic 14:27 Tiananmen Square 16:01 How does █ █ █ █ █ █ █  17:08 Skynet 17:54 China’s social credit system 18:40 The manufacturing GOAT 20:36 Pharmaceutical imports 21:02 War 22:39 TikTok 23:40 Russian bots v Chinese bots 24:19 Tibet 25:27 Chat is mom right 26:10 Confucianism or Marxism? 27:05 🎈 28:10 Tech Wars 29:00 Does China own American farms? 29:39 Hong Kong 30:34 QoL for the rural poor 31:54 The Uyghur Muslim population of China 33:11 China and worldwide communism 34:34 After Xi Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey Director of Photography: Kevin Dynia Editor: Richard Trammell Expert: Michael Beckley Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas; Brandon White Production Manager: Peter Brunette Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark Casting Producer: Nick Sawyer Camera Operator: Christopher Eustache Sound Mixer: Brett Van Deusen Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo Assistant Editor: Billy Ward Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► https://link.chtbl.com/wired-ytc-desc Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► https://subscribe.wired.com/subscribe... Follow WIRED: Instagram ►►  / wired   Twitter ►►  / wired   Facebook ►►  / wired   Tik Tok ►►  / wired   Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: https://wrd.cm/DailyYT Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. ABOUT WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.