Introduction

Hana Arent between worlds is a new podcast for thinking with and against Hana Arent. Today, we focus on Chinese political economic history from the 18th century to 2008. Ho Fung-Hung talks about why capitalism did not take off in China in the late 18th or early 20th centuries. And then, how Maoist policy laid the groundwork for China's ultimate capitalist take-off, and boom. The second and final episode will focus on the 2008 financial crisis, the deepening imbalances and a heightened geopolitical conflict that resulted. We'll also look at the state of the global pandemic and vaccine apartheid because that crisis continues even as new crises emerge. Finally, an