How to become a dictator

3: Create a personality cult

Nov 1, 2022

39:00

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Mao's Loyalty to Mao Zedong

03:09

The Cult of Personality - The Surveillance of People's Minds

02:25

Xi Jinping's Thought Isn't Just for Cadres

02:02

Introduction

3min

Mao's Loyalty to Mao Zedong

3min

The Cult of Personality - The Surveillance of People's Minds

2min

Xi Jinping's Backstory Is Everywhere

2min

Xi Jinping's New App

5min

Xi Jinping's Thought Isn't Just for Cadres

2min

How to Become a Dictator - The Telegraph Podcast

6min

Searching Xi Jinping on the Internet

2min

China's Xi Censorship

5min

10.

Xi's Visit to the United Kingdom

3min

11.

What Happened to Me? You're Also Here, Meila

2min

12.

I'm Going to Leave China for Good

3min

A look inside how Xi Jinping permeates every aspect of daily life in China, from the streets to schools to people’s phones. The extraordinary new levels of propaganda and censorship under him mean one thing: he is turning himself into Mao Zedong 2.0. Meanwhile, The Telegraph’s Sophia Yan deals with the increasingly grim reality of reporting in China.

Archive used in this episode from: CCTV, CNN, Sky News, BBC News

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