Ep. 149: Deborah Seligsohn on What Everyone Gets Wrong on China’s COVID and Climate Policies 

Deborah Seligsohn is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Villanova University.  Her research focuses on Chinese politics, US-China relations, and public health, energy and environmental politics in China and India. Prior to her academic career, she served as the Beijing-based Principal Advisor to the World Resources Institute’s China Energy and Climate Program from 2007 to 2012. Before that, she served as the Environment, Science, Technology and Health Counselor at the US Embassy in Beijing from 2003 to 2007. In the podcast, we talk about: 

• Deborah’s experience in China as zero COVID was lifted 
• Why zero COVID was lifted 
• How districts implemented COVID policy 
• Rural and urban divides around COVID 
• Why China’s vaccine uptake amongst elderly is low 
• Chinese behaviour since lockdowns ended 
• What is China’s climate policy 
• Comparison with US policy 
• Shift in China’s energy sources 
• Rail, subways and electric two wheelers 
• Why are coal power stations being built 
• China’s non-carbon future
• Books mentioned: In Search of Wealth and Power: Yen Fu and the West (Schwartz) 

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