What does China really want? | Steve Tsang on Xi Jinping
70Steve Tsang explains how 'Xi Jinping Thought' is reshaping China's global strategy, especially when it comes to the Global South.
Is Xi Jinping on a mission to 'Make China Great Again'?
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China's rise has upended geopolitics and reshaped global alliances. But what does China want? What are its ambitions? And ultimately where does its ambition come from? Professor Steve Tsang argues that before Xi Jinping China did not want a leadership role in global affairs. All this changed in 2017 when Xi consolidated its power. As a result, if we are to understand China, we need to understand Xi.
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Steve is the Director of the SOAS China Institute. Before taking on his current position in 2016, he was the Head of the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Nottingham, and before that a Professorial Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford. He is a frequent commentator for the BBC, including for programmes like Newsnight, BBC News and the World at One.
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00:00 Intro
00:13 The history of China's global strategy
01:57 Deng Xiaoping: Hide and Bide
02:45 Xi Jinping Thought
04:30 The Tianxia 天下 Paradigm: All under Heaven
06:17 China and the Global South: A common destiny for humankind
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