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The Temple Is Rich. The Monks Are Poor (w/ Frank Dikötter) Members Only #336
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- The Fifth Column
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- Jul 24, 2026
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com Frank Dikötter is a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and one of the foremost historians of modern China. His research in overlooked and restricted Communist Party archives has transformed our understanding of Maoist rule. -Frank Dikötter is kind of Dutch, but not really -Writing the definitive history of Maoist horror -Edgar Snow a…