Orality
Model
84%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)
Speaker Breakdown
HostTracy Alloway(1,442 words)
M:28%
GuestVictor Shih(3,817 words)
M:28%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic57%
obviously, absolutely, incredible
Engagement50%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, so
Repetition100%
know (91x), people (49x), they (47x)
Parallelism95%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., So, Tracy, obviously, a lot of..., So I remember I guess it might...
Sound Patterns46%
36 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases5%
you know what, i mean
Literate Indicators
Hedging7%
might, could, quite
Passive Voice13%
been allowed, be eased, were reported
Abstract Nouns21%
investment, comment, moment
Subordination12%
while, because, since
Sentence Length52%
Avg: 18.1 words/sentence
Word Complexity50%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers4%
according to
Impersonal Style50%
390 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style100%
obviously, absolutely, certainly
Description
China has seen a surge in protests in cities all around the country, targeted at the country's Covid Zero policies. But nearly three years into this pandemic, why did they happen now? How does recent economic weakness factor into the demonstrations? And why did the government allow them to go on in the first place? On this episode, we speak with Victor Shih, a professor at the School of Global Policy & Strategy at UC San Diego and author of the new book, Coalitions of the Weak: Elite Politics in China from Mao’s Stratagem to the Rise of Xi. Shih explains this perilous moment for China, as it navigates the pandemic, a real estate bust and other assorted economic stresses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.