Bienvenue en économie de guerre ! Entretien avec David Baverez

For this first Why the West podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Hong Kong-based investor, essayist and China specialist David Baverez. He has published Bienvenue en économie de guerre (Welcome to the war economy in English, not translated yet) and the book number 1 bestseller on the French Amazon in the International Relations category. Please activate YouTube's automatic subtitle translation to have English subtitles. On the menu: 00:00 Introduction 01:40 It takes 2 years of mental age 02:50 The 2 events of 2022: 20th Chinese Communist Party Congress and War in Ukraine 07:50 What is the war economy? USA vs China vs Europe 25:57 The new ESG: Energy, Security, War 30:55 What's the situation in Hong Kong? 35:57 China and the West, two opposing civilizations? 42:36 Is China making the same mistake it did 500 years ago? 48:28 Is China revanchist? 50:34 Now that it's the world's factory, will China become the world's nursing home? 53:54 Reading tips 54:58 Satisfied or your money back! The Why the West newsletter: https://www.whythewest.com/ Follow me on X (ex-twitter): https://x.com/why_the_west