In this episode of Pekingology from June 2022, Jude Blanchette is joined by Victor Shih (https://gps.ucsd.edu/faculty-directory/victor-shih.html) , associate professor and Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego. They discuss his book, Coalitions of the Weak: Elite Politics in China from Mao’s Stratagem to the Rise of Xi (https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/coalitions-of-the-weak/6E99B6DB73F934166175D872B51DACD0#fndtn-information) .