The US is a young country, but China's President Xi Jinping has a history of 5000 years to call on when he promises a return to past glories. This week, China's Communist Party congress elevated Xi Jinping to equal status with the legendary Mao Tse Tung, who founded the Communist Party — and came to personify the dangers of one-man rule. Xi is being called "the most powerful man in the world," as China builds a modern military and may already have out-stripped the US economically. But will China be "great" for free speech, an independent judiciary or human rights?
Make China Great Again
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Guests:
- Graham Allison - Harvard University - @GrahamTAllison
- Yun Sun - Stimson Center - @StimsonCenter
- Jeffrey Wasserstrom - University of California, Irvine - @jwassers