As china has becomere confident under she, i think there's no question that it's more confident than it is now. But while china h's become more confident over the last ten to 15 years, more sure of its place in the world,. It's also become more authoritarian, in the sense that ch China's communist party has never run a liberal democracy. I mean, that may happen, but they'r deftly not going to be anything i guess the outside world was expecting. So i think this captures this unprecedented new period where chChina will write madernitys you've also spoken about in its own terms and in its own language. Absolutely.
Writer and academic Kerry Brown's latest book is Xi: A Study in Power, which profiles the policies and personality behind China's leader for the last decade, Xi Jinping. He’s one of the most powerful people in global geopolitics yet in the West seemingly little is known about him. What are his ambitions for China and the rest of the world? Kerry Brown is Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at Kings College London. He is joined in conversation on the podcast by our host, the historian, author and broadcaster, Rana Mitter.
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