As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, China just announced that it's doubling down on its support for Moscow. Meanwhile, a zero-Covid strategy looks like it is slowing the economy and causing extreme hardship for people caught in Shanghai. Ian Johnson from The Council on Foreign Relations joins the show to talk about the calculus of China's actions and the folly of not having a dissenting opinion in the room. 

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