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0:00 Teaser
0:45 How Tianyu became a “China explainer”
3:15 American vs Chinese exceptionalism
8:09 What you can and can’t say in China
18:32 Is the government more accountable in the US or China?
27:03 How China sees America
36:32 The one-child policy and its consequences
42:53 Tianyu: The biggest misconception about China is…
46:20 Heading to Overtime
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Tianyu Fang (New America). Recorded June 02, 2026.
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Overtime titles:
Chinese vs American surveillance.
What China has that America doesn’t.
How China sees AI.
Dario Amodei: China-hawk via God complex?
Is China all-in on open-weight AI?
How Silicon Valley went from hippie to hawkish.
Overtime video:
