“Do NOT underestimate Xi Jinping.” Michael Sheridan | Dateline Bangkok

Описание: For Part 2 of this episode of the Dateline Bangkok podcast, Tommy Walker speaks with Michael Sheridan.

Michael Sheridan is a veteran foreign correspondent spending decades working in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He is formerly of The Sunday Times, spending over 20 years as the newspaper’s Far East Correspondent.

In Part 2, Sheridan discusses Xi Jinping in his early days, entering government and his worldview. He also discusses both optimism and vulnerabilities for China, Trump, Taiwan, Hong Kong and what China’s leadership may look like after Xi.

Host: Tommy Walker
Editor: Julian Hadden
Music: Jonathan Head

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00:00 - 00:25 Opening
00:25 - 00:39 Part 2
00:40 - 02:00 Authoring 'The Red Emperor'
02:00 - 02:29 Xi early years
02:30 - 03:53 Cultural Revolution
03:54 - 04:38 Threatened to be shot
04:39 - 05:38 Exiled countryside
05:39 - 06:48 Back in the fold
06:49 - 07:55 Enters government
07:56 - 08:38 Unknown leader
08:39 - 09:29 Xi story incomplete
09:29 - 09:59 Chapter: 'What he thinks'
10:00 - 14:44 Three themes
14:45 - 16:32 Meeting Joe Biden
16:33 - 18:10 Chinese negotiations
18:11 - 19:13 Communists trained to win
19:14 - 21:28 Is Xi anti-West?
21:29 - 21:46 Opium wars
21:47 - 23:14 China losing territory
23:15 - 24:06 Dislikes democracy
24:07 - 24:36 Xi’s worldview
24:37- 25:15 President Trump
25:16 - 29:41 Taiwan
29:42 - 31:24 China optimism
31:25 - 32:05 After Xi
32:06 - 34:06 Hong Kong
34:07 - 36:15 Protests
36:16 - 37:10 Aftermath 2019
37:11 - 39:00 China’s vulnerability
39:00 - 40:15 A city part of China
40:16 - 41:45 China books
41:46 - 42:15 Outro