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World War Xi

World War Xi

This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler vor 4 Jahren

Who is Xi Jinping? What are the forces that shaped China’s paramount leader? Will his psychological make-up, and his belief that his country has been robbed of its rightful place, lead inexorably to confrontation with the West?

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This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

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From the crisis in American democracy to the collapse of the Middle East’s petrochemical oligarchies, this is your guide to the dangers that mass media isn’t covering.

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On this episode of the podcast that looks at the threats to global
stability that they’re not telling you about – the mind behind
the unstoppable rise of China. Who is Xi Jinping? What are the
forces that shaped China’s paramount leader? Will his psychological
make-up, and his belief that his country has been robbed of its
rightful place, lead inexorably to confrontation with the West? And
what does Thucydides have to do with it? Arthur talks to experts
and China insiders to ask: are we on the brink of World War
Xi? “China and Russia have greatly expanded their roles as
great powers. We are now in an era where the dragons are back.”
– David Kilcullen “In Xi’s mind, China was great until
colonialism and imperialism brought it low. His goal is to make
China great again.” – Cindy Yu “Where could it begin?
Perhaps with the Chinese military chomping at the bit for conflict
and a worried, fearful Chinese government indulging them just to
preserve their loyalty.” – Kori Schake “Xi has been waiting
his whole life to return China to great power status. This could be
his moment” – Arthur Snell Want to support us, get episodes early
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Snell, and produced by Robin Leeburn – with assistant production
from Jacob Archbold. Theme tune and original music by Paul
Hartnoll. The group editor is Andrew Harrison. DOOMSDAY WATCH is a
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