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Sue-Lin Wong

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This week on Sinica, Kaiser and Jeremy are joined by Sue-Lin Wong, who until recently covered China for The Economist and hosted an eight-part podcast series all about Xi Jinping called The Prince. The podcast features interviews with a wide range of China-watchers, peers of Xi, dissidents, and many others who offer insights into what makes Xi tick.3:38 – Reason behind naming the podcast “the Prince”5:53 – Differences between traditional journalism and podcasting9:52 – The role of Sue-Lin’s mother in the podcast13:37 – How corruption influenced Xi’s leadership style19:29 – Identifying Xi’s greatest anxieties: party in-fighting, the collapse of the USSR22:48 – Early signs of Xi’s ideological underpinnings most China watchers missed  29:33 – Did the CCP’s internal crisis make Xi’s rise inevitable?32:57 – Is Xi Jinping the most powerful man in the world?37:12 – Reframing the engagement debate after Xi’s administration41:51 – David Rennie’s view on China: “a giant utilitarian experiment”46:45 – Key insights on Xi that listeners of the Prince should walk away with52:16 – How Sue-Lin would brief an American policymaker on Xi Jinping’s main motivationsA transcript of this episode is available at TheChinaProject.com.Recommendations:Jeremy – A Matter of Perspective: Parsing Insider Accounts of Xi Jinping Ahead of the 20th Party Congress, an article on The China Story written by Neil Thomas Sue-Lin – Race to the Galaxy, a two-player board game Kaiser – Interview with the Vampire, a new AMC TV seriesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on Sinica, Kaiser and Jeremy are joined by Sue-Lin Wong, who until recently covered China for The Economist and hosted an eight-part podcast series all about Xi Jinping called The Prince. The podcast features interviews with a wide range of China-watchers, peers of Xi, dissidents, and many others who offer insights into what makes Xi tick.3:38 – Reason behind naming the podcast “the Prince”5:53 – Differences between traditional journalism and podcasting9:52 – The role of Sue-Lin’s mother in the podcast13:37 – How corruption influenced Xi’s leadership style19:29 – Identifying Xi’s greatest anxieties: party in-fighting, the collapse of the USSR22:48 – Early signs of Xi’s ideological underpinnings most China watchers missed  29:33 – Did the CCP’s internal crisis make Xi’s rise inevitable?32:57 – Is Xi Jinping the most powerful man in the world?37:12 – Reframing the engagement debate after Xi’s administration41:51 – David Rennie’s view on China: “a giant utilitarian experiment”46:45 – Key insights on Xi that listeners of the Prince should walk away with52:16 – How Sue-Lin would brief an American policymaker on Xi Jinping’s main motivations<a href="https://thechinaproject.com/2022/10/13/what-makes-xi-tick/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">A transcript of this episode is available at TheChinaProject.com</a>.Recommendations:Jeremy – <a href="https://www.thechinastory.org/a-matter-of-perspective-parsing-insider-accounts-of-xi-jinping-ahead-of-the-20th-party-congress/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">A Matter of Perspective: Parsing Insider Accounts of Xi Jinping Ahead of the 20th Party Congress</a>, an article on The China Story written by Neil Thomas Sue-Lin – <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rio-Grande-Games-Race-Galaxy/dp/B000YLAOEW?th=1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Race to the Galaxy</a>, a two-player board game Kaiser – <a href="https://www.amc.com/shows/anne-rice-interview-with-the-vampire--1053259" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Interview with the Vampire</a>, a new AMC TV seriesSee Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

Podcasting The Prince: Sue-Lin Wong of The Economist on her Xi Jinping podcast

Bill Birtles

In conversation with Melissa Roberts. When correspondents Bill Birtles and Michael Smith abruptly left China in September 2020 after late night visits from China’s notorious secret police, it marked the first time in decades that Australia had no journalists on the ground. Bill went on to write The Truth About China: Propaganda, Patriotism and the Search for Truth. He joins Trevor Watson, the co-editor of The Beijing Bureau, a collection of essays from some of Australia’s leading correspondents based in China from 1970 to the near present, and Hong Kong-based China correspondent Sue-Lin Wong, to discuss their experiences and insights, in a conversation led by Melissa Roberts, co-editor of The Beijing Bureau.

In conversation with Melissa Roberts. When correspondents Bill Birtles and Michael Smith abruptly left China in September 2020 after late night visits from China’s notorious secret police, it marked the first time in decades that Australia had no journalists on the ground. Bill went on to write The Truth About China: Propaganda, Patriotism and the Search for Truth. He joins Trevor Watson, the co-editor of The Beijing Bureau, a collection of essays from some of Australia’s leading correspondents based in China from 1970 to the near present, and Hong Kong-based China correspondent Sue-Lin Wong, to discuss their experiences and insights, in a conversation led by Melissa Roberts, co-editor of The Beijing Bureau.