The Political Economy of China’s Transformation - Introduction and Dialogue - Part I
Dic Lo (SOAS), Michael Roberts (independent scholar), Lü Weizhou (CASS), Sun Bangzhu (Peking University), Wang Tingyou (Renmin University of China), Huang Xiaowu (CBTC), and Andong Zhu (Tsinghua University). This is the first episode of a 3 part series of training workshop podcasts on “The Political Economy of China’s Transformation”. Dialogue with Chinese Marxist Scholars: Chinese Marxism in an Era of Global Political-Economic Upheavals Chair: Dic Lo Chinese Speaker: Andong Zhu (Tsinghua University) UK Speaker: Michael Roberts (author of The Long Depression and Marx 200) This half-day workshop, jointly hosted by IIPPE Political Economy of China’s Development Working Group, SOAS Economics Department and Development Studies Department, aimed at bringing progressive scholars and students together to discuss China’s economic transformation and its impact on world development in relation to neoliberalism, capitalism and imperialism. Prior to the workshop, there was an open forum for productive dialogue between a delegation of Marxist scholars from China and the workshop participants, on the state of intellectual Marxism in China. This episode features: 1.) Introduction by Dic Lo (SOAS) 2.) Dialogue with Chinese Marxist Scholars, Chair: Dic Lo, UK speaker: Michael Roberts (independent scholar), Chinese speakers from the Chinese delegation: Lü Weizhou (CASS), Sun Bangzhu (Peking University), Wang Tingyou (Renmin University of China), Huang Xiaowu (CBTC), and Andong Zhu (Tsinghua University). Speakers: Dic Lo (SOAS), Michael Roberts (independent scholar), Lü Weizhou (CASS), Sun Bangzhu (Peking University), Wang Tingyou (Renmin University of China), Huang Xiaowu (CBTC), and Andong Zhu (Tsinghua University). Event Date: 5 June 2018 Released by: SOAS Economics Podcast and IIPPE Podcast