China picks better leaders than the West

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🗓️ 23 October 2015

⏱️ 60 minutes

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As Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the UK for a four-day state visit and David Cameron hails a "golden era" in the relationship between the two countries, we revisit the Intelligence Squared Asia debate "China picks better leaders than the West", which urgently explored the issues around global leadership today. The debate took place in Hong Kong in October 2012. Arguing in favour of the motion were Tsinghua University Confucian philosopher and scholar Daniel A Bell and China-US relations specialist, senior counsel and former Hong Kong Solicitor General Daniel Fung. Arguing against the motion were Brookings Institution fellow and former Asia adviser at the US National Security Council Kenneth Lieberthal and Hong Kong Senior Counsel, legislator and Civic Party Executive Committee member Ronny Tong Ka-wah. The debate was chaired by NPR's Beijing correspondent Louisa Lim. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.0	Welcome ladies and gentlemen to tonight's debate, China picks better leaders than the West.
1:11.0	And this debate could hardly be more timely given that next week political
1:15.4	cycles will come to their climax both in China and the US. In just 10 days China
1:21.3	starts the key meeting that kicks off its once in a decade transition
1:25.1	of power.
1:26.1	And this comes at a time when the Communist Party is reeling from the scandalous fall of Borsilai
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