In this first episode of Pekingology, Jude Blanchette invites Julian Gruin to discuss the evolution of China's hybrid economic system and the domineering role of the Communist Party over the financial sector.
Julian Gruin is assistant professor of transnational governance at the University of Amsterdam. You can find his book, *Communists Constructing Capitalism: State, Market, and the Party in China's Financial Reform, *here).