Konstantin Kisin

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14,243 appearances 87 recordings 5 series first heard Oct 2024 last heard 11 Sep

Konstantin Kisin’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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TRIGGERnometry · How China Fakes Its Success with Frank Dikotter · 5 Sep 2026 podcast

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And people look at China today, which remains formally communist, the People's Republic of China. voice-verified

Well, this is what the point I'm driving at. voice-verified

Um Good. voice-verified

And yeah, look how wonderful China voice-verified

So you're saying the Westerners who look at China's numbers and some of the things they see when they visit and are impressed are uh the Walter Durantes of our time, effectively. voice-verified

Nothing ever happened. voice-verified

I think he his exact line was something I think it's a his line. voice-verified

Uh I've never eaten as well as I ate in Moscow. voice-verified

He says this during the holidaymore when Which is probably true. voice-verified

Oh I'm sure it would have been voice-verified

And ultimately your point is they must be poor. voice-verified

They must be poor. voice-verified

In order to subsidize this Because they are the ones voice-verified

And indeed you have written a number of very successful and excellent books on the subject, including about the Great Leap for the Cultural Revolution. voice-verified

And you've also written one about dictators and you have others coming up too. voice-verified

Uh thank you so much. voice-verified

It's been a pleasure having you on. voice-verified

Uh and thank you for watching. voice-verified

We won't have time for substack questions for this one, but we'll see you soon with another episode. voice-verified

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