Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://caldwellcad.org/Uploads/?vid=ZRX6gOdFnJr Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Hasan Piker Joins a Long Tradition of China Apologists – The Fifth Column [ayqhE1t4PXW] Health Updated on August 09, 2026 EDT — Published on August 09, 2026 EDT This is an excerpt from our Members Only episode with Frank Dikotter, one of the world's preeminent scholars on China. Watch it in full on our Substack here: Historian Frank Dikötter joins Michael Moynihan to challenge the familiar story of China’s economic miracle, from Mao-era apologism to Hasan Piker’s claim that China lifted 800 million people out of poverty. -- Hosted by journalists Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch, The Fifth Column provides a weekly rhetorical assault on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally themselves. Get our free newsletter & access to exclusive content: Listen to the audio version of the show: Apple Podcasts - Spotify - Follow: Instagram - X - TikTok - Facebook: PIxOeBy73nr mm5VdjGaZjR qmwlVaA9aHc xEZAwYYYNsv D3fWC5mgFCU PUW5DE0WZWp 6hp2dcGVsQx 94YRif4cLoP
This is an excerpt from our Members Only episode with Frank Dikotter, one of the world's preeminent scholars on China. Watch it in full on our Substack here: Historian Frank Dikötter joins Michael Moynihan to challenge the familiar story of China’s economic miracle, from Mao-era apologism to Hasan Piker’s claim that China lifted 800 million people out of poverty. -- Hosted by journalists Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch, The Fifth Column provides a weekly rhetorical assault on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally themselves. Get our free newsletter & access to exclusive content: Listen to the audio version of the show: Apple Podcasts - Spotify - Follow: Instagram - X - TikTok - Facebook: PIxOeBy73nr mm5VdjGaZjR qmwlVaA9aHc xEZAwYYYNsv D3fWC5mgFCU PUW5DE0WZWp 6hp2dcGVsQx 94YRif4cLoP