Doubling Down on Dengism

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Portraits of former Chinese leaders (left to right) Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, and Hu Jintao, seen in the People’s Republic Of China Sixtieth Anniversary Exhibition at the Beijing Exhibition Center on September 23, 2009 in Beijing.

It’s an all-American (and all-star) lineup of guests this week, as Bill Bishop, Gady Epstein, and James Fallows join Kaiser for an in-depth discussion of the Third Plenary Session, the outcome of which has produced a rare consensus among China-watchers—and an even rarer consensus among guests and host at Sinica. Trust us on this: this one is actually interesting.

So tune in for the latest political gossip from the dusty hutong of the Capital for the view on things from Washington these days courtesy of James Fallows and for everyone’s take on the troubles a certain financial news organization has been facing in recent weeks.