Frank Dikötter: How the Chinese Communist Party Rose to Power

Frank Dikötter: How the Chinese Communist Party Rose to Power

NEW YORK, June 2, 2026 — Historian Frank Dikötter discusses his book "Red Dawn Over China," offering a provocative reexamination of the Chinese Communist Party’s rise to power and the forces that shaped China’s communist revolution. Orville Schell, Arthur Ross vice president of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at Asia Society, moderates the conversation. (1 hr., 6 min.) Subscribe for more videos like this: http://AsiaSociety.org/YouTube --- Support Asia Society today: http://AsiaSociety.org/Donate --- Subscribe to our newsletter to stay connected: https://asiasociety.org/email-subscriptions --- Facebook: http://facebook.com/AsiaSociety Instagram: http://instagram.com/AsiaSociety Twitter: http://twitter.com/AsiaSociety LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/asia-society/ #asiasociety #asiasocietynewyork #uschinarelations #ccp #chinesecommunistparty