Episode 46: The Sick Dragon: Gor...

Episode 46: The Sick Dragon: Gordon Chang on China’s Ambitions, Internal Chaos, and the End of the Rising Power Myth

Dangerous Intellectuals: The Podcast by Brig Gen (ret) Blaine D. Holt
S1 · E46
Jul 27, 2026
01:04:07

Episode notes

For decades the world was told China was an unstoppable rising power destined to eclipse the United States. That narrative is now collapsing. Beneath the military parades and global ambitions, the Chinese Communist Party is wrestling with deep economic fragility, demographic decline, political repression, and growing internal chaos. On this episode of Dangerous Intellectuals, Gordon Chang — Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute and author of The Coming Collapse of China — delivers a frank, unflinching assessment of the real condition of the Chinese regime.

The central question is no longer whether China will rise, but what kind of dragon we are actually facing, and whether it is sick. If you want a clear-eyed, expert analysis that cuts through both the hype and the denial, download this episode now. Gordon Chang is telling the hard truths about China that most policymakers still refuse to face.

https://x.com/GordonGChang

https://www.gordonchang.com

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/biography/Gordon+G.+Chang

Duration: 1:04:08

Keywords

dangerous intellectuals
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Blaine Holt
Economics
China
CCP
Gordon Chang
Xi Jinping