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'The Rise and Fall of the EAST' chronicles China's economic history
Listen to the episodeAn exploration of China's economic history, identifying four major contributors — exams, autocracy, stability, and technology — as driving factors of Chinese development from the Sui dynasty through the modern economic boom, while also sounding alarms about the country's future due to a declining property sector and today's political leadership.
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