China Makes a Dramatic Military Purge & Milan Hosts the Olympics | Ones and Tooze Ep. 228

Chinese President Xi Jinping has fired two top generals for alleged corruption as part of a dramatic military purge. With the move, Xi appears to have tightened his hold over the military but added significant instability. Adam and Cameron discuss the history and economics of the People’s Liberation Army. In our second segment: Ahead of the Winter Games, Adam and Cameron discuss the economics of Milan. 0:00 Intro 0:45 The Economics of China's Military 38:17 The Economics of Milan and Lombardy Foreign Policy economics columnist Adam Tooze, a history professor and a popular author, is encyclopedic about basically everything: from the COVID shutdown, to climate change, to pasta sauce. On FP’s hit podcast, Tooze and FP deputy editor Cameron Abadi look at two data points each week that explain the world: one drawn from the week’s headlines and the other from just about anywhere else Tooze takes us. ---------- Listen to more episodes of Ones and Tooze: https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/on... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... https://open.spotify.com/show/44pekaw... Follow Ones and Tooze: X - https://x.com/OnesandToozePod Follow Adam - https://x.com/adam_tooze Follow Cam - https://x.com/CameronAbadi Subscribe to all of Foreign Policy’s podcasts at https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/ or wherever you get your podcasts Visit http://foreignpolicy.com/ to read the latest global news and analysis from FP. Follow Foreign Policy: X -   / foreignpolicy   Instagram -   / foreignpolicymag   Facebook -   / foreign.policy.magazine   LinkedIn -   / foreign-policy-magazine   TikTok -   / foreignpolicymagazine