
Chairmen, China, and the Tricky Translations of Political Terms in the PRC
Sep 24, 2026 - 0:27:40
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Mao Zedong died on September 9, 1976. Fifty years later, Jeremiah and David compare notes on a mostly quiet anniversary. Jeremiah reports that there were enough tributes to beat the over/under, but David argues that the...
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