Xi Jinping: The man behind the myth
The Story
The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
This August, we're revisiting some of our favourite episodes from the past year.
Xi Jinping is consolidating his position as the all-powerful president of China. But who is the man at the top of the sharpest pyramid in the world of politics?
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Host: David Aaronovitch.
Guest: Michael Sheridan, former foreign correspondent for The Sunday Times and author of The Gate to China: A New History of the People's Republic & Hong Kong.
Clips: ABC, South China Morning Post, No Comment TV, BBC, CCTV Video News Agency, Periscope Film, Al Jazeera, CBS, VICE News.
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