Chenggang Xu
Political economist and senior research scholar at Stanford who studies the origins and institutional dynamics of Chinese communism, and author of the book Institutional Genes.
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Apr 4, 2024 • 1h 2min
Understanding China's Regionally Administered Totalitarianism
Chenggang Xu discusses China's political economy, the Communist Party's resilience, and the pivot away from economic reforms. He introduces the concept of Regionally Administered Totalitarianism (RADT) to describe China's political economic transition. The podcast explores the origins of China's institutions in totalitarianism and the evolution of totalitarianism in China, from the Chinese Soviet Republic to the People's Republic.
Aug 27, 2025 • 1h 21min
How the CCP Dupes the West—and We Keep Falling for It | Chenggang Xu
Chenggang Xu, a political economist at Stanford who survived China’s Cultural Revolution and studies Chinese communism, discusses the CCP’s Leninist roots and secret-society origins. He explores how party structures produce brutal, life-or-death power struggles. He explains United Front tactics, party control over institutions and firms, and the RADT model of regionalized totalitarian governance.
