Foreign Relations & International Law

ChinaTalk: KFC, The Toilet Revolution and the Business of Propaganda

Jordan Schneider
Monday, December 28, 2020, 11:10 AM

Published by The Lawfare Institute
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Why is KFC so big in China? What is the “Toilet Revolution” and why does it matter? How does Chinese propaganda work? How have bicycles’ role in Chinese society evolved over time? Neil Thomas of MacroPolo takes on this grab bag.

Note this is a rebroadcast from November 2018.

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Jordan Schneider is the host of the ChinaTalk podcast and newsletter. He previously worked at Kwai, Bridgewater and the Eurasia Group. His Chinese landscape paintings "show promise."

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