In this episode of Pekingology, Freeman Chair Jude Blanchette is joined by <a href="https://www.rand.org/about/people/w/wang_howard.html">Howard Wang</a>, an associate political scientist at the RAND Corporation, to discuss his recent paper, <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10670564.2022.2108681?scroll=top&amp;needAccess=true&amp;role=tab">‘Security Is a Prerequisite for Development’: Consensus-Building toward a New Top Priority in the Chinese Communist Party</a>.

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China is one of the 21st century’s most consequential nations, and it has never been more important to understand how the country is governed. Pekingology is the podcast that unpacks Chinese politics, the inner workings of the Communist Party, and how China's domestic and foreign policy will impact the world. Pekingology is hosted by Henrietta Levin, Senior Fellow with the Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS. It is produced by Gina Kim.