Future Histories· Staffel 4· Folge 5
S04E05 - Ho-fung Hung on the Political Economy of China
Sonntag, 24. Mai 2026 · 1 h 13
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Shownotes
Ho-fung Hung on the Political Economy of China.
Shownotes Ho-fung Hung
Prof. Ho-fung Hung at the Johns Hopkins University:
soc.jhu.edu/directory/ho-fung-hung
The Conference ‘China and Us: Perspectives on Peace, Human Rights and Socio-Ecological Transformation’:
attac.de/china-konferenz/startseite
Ho-fung, H. (2015). The China Boom. Why China Will Not Rule the World. Columbia University Press.
cup.columbia.edu/book/the-china-boom/978023154…
on Citic Press:
group.citic/en/Diversified_Portfolio/New_Consu…
on the 1989 protests in China:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_pr…
on the fiscal reform in China in 1994:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax-Sharing_Reform_of_Ch…
on Carl Schmitt:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Schmitt
bpb.de/shop/zeitschriften/apuz/archiv/537943/o…
on Benito Mussolini:
dhm.de/lemo/biografie/benito-mussolini
nationalgeographic.de/geschichte-und-kultur/20…
the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China:
english.www.gov.cn/archive/lawsregulations/201…
on Foucault's ‘Regime of Truth’:
Lorenzini, D. (2015). What is a ‘Regime of Truth’?. Le foucaldien 1(1).
researchgate.net/publication/317961938_What_is…
the mentioned article by Ho-fung Hung in the Jacobin:
Ho-fung, H. (2023). Mussolini in Beijing. Jacobin.
jacobin.com/2023/02/mussolini-in-beijing
on China’s falling CO2 emissions:
carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-…
on renewable energy in China:
carbonbrief.org/china-briefing-5-february-2026…
Ho-fung, H. (2026). The China Question. Eight Centuries of Fantasy and Fear. Cambridge University Press.
cambridge.org/core/books/china-question/C15B20…
on the case of Solyndra:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solyndra
on the economic policy of Mao Zedong and China’s relationship to the Soviet Union, Felix Wemheuer’s youtube channel ‘Studying Maoist China’ is recommended:
youtube.com/@felixwemheuerstudyingmaois1051
on Chile during the Cold War:
Lockhart, J. (2016). Reimagining Chile’s Cold War Experience: From the Conflict’s Origins to Salvador Allende’s Inauguration. University of Arizona.
repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/620841
on Salvador Allende:
britannica.com/biography/Salvador-Allende
on the Paris Commune:
Badiou, A. (2021). The Paris Commune: Marx, Mao, Tomorrow. Monthly Review 73(1).
monthlyreview.org/articles/the-paris-commune-m…
Weber, I. M. (2021). How China Escaped Shock Therapy. The Market Reform Debate. Routledge.
routledge.com/How-China-Escaped-Shock-Therapy-…
the mentioned publication on i.a. guerilla policymaking:
Heilmann, S. & Perry, E. J. (2011). Mao’s Invisible Hand. The Political Foundations of Adaptive Governance in China. Harvard University Press.
hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674060630
the quote ‘it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism’ is commonly attributed to Frederic Jameson:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredric_Jameson
on Wolfgang Streeck:
on the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Hungarian_parliamen…
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