Mike Robinson speaks to Carl Zha about the changes seen in China since the end of the Cultural Revolution. Carl is a Caltech graduate and is host of the Silk and Steel Podcast focusing on everything China, history, culture and politics
Carl was born in China at the end of the Cultural Revolution to parents and grandparents who lived through it. He moved to the United States in 1990, but regularly returns to visit family and friends.
In this first discussion, he speaks about the seismic changes in the country since 1976, Chinese social credit, the national security threat posed by Chinese technology, the situation with Taiwan and more.