11 episodes
The Prince The Economist
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4.8 • 152 Ratings
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Xi Jinping is the most powerful person in the world. But the real story of China's leader remains a mystery. In this eight-part series Sue-Lin Wong finds out how he rose to the top, and what it means for China—and the rest of the world—now that he has ripped up the rule book to stay in power, perhaps for the rest of his life.
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Redder than red
Xi Jinping is born into the top rung of China's elite. But his family is torn apart while he is still a child. The Economist's Sue-Lin Wong finds out why Xi kept faith in the Communist revolution.
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Hide and bide
As a modest provincial official in Fujian, Xi Jinping is outshone by his celebrity wife, while colleagues are caught up in a lurid corruption scandal. How does Xi survive?
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Patriot number one
A villager’s campaign against corruption highlights the Chinese Communist Party’s weakening grip. As Xi Jinping stands on the brink of power, the emergence of a flamboyant rival deepens the crisis.
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Man enough
On taking power, Xi Jinping launches a ruthless series of purges and an unexpected ideological revival to cement his control—and mobilise the Chinese Communist Party behind him.
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He who must not be named
A censor at a Chinese social media company can't take it anymore after Xi Jinping’s rule brings harsh new restrictions. The Chinese internet becomes an alternate reality.
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Seeds of a pomegranate
A Uyghur language teacher is accused of spying for the CIA. An NBA player discovers the cost of criticising China. And Xi Jinping’s obsession with control reaches new and brutal extremes.
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Customer Reviews
Seeds of promogranate
Sad to heard:
Pee have “loud voices” with more than often “not so loud actions”!
Like an old chinese saying:
“Barking dogs don’t bite”
Wishing to those with”loud” actions success!
Listening to it for the 2nd time
I am listening to it for the second time, and I pick up more details. It inspires me to understand China’s elite political dynamics better, and how that affects Chinese political culture and society. It’s so important that we have a shared understanding, lest we paint such a huge portion of humanity as the other, on the other size of some Cold War.
Mediocre
It’s well done in terms of production but naive, biased and mediocre for its content. It presents a slant and agenda and doesn’t even bother to set up a straw man opposition to knock down. If I produced an essay like this when I was in school, I would have failed for lack of critical analysis. But so often in media these days there’s no attempt at objectivity. This is activist journalism rather than a serious investigation or analysis. The Economist frequently disappoints me, yet I keep paying for it. I don’t mind opinion and even this opinion is fine, but the whole docu-series here fails to look at things from a Chinese perspective. Instead, the analysis is framed through a Western political and human rights perspective not dissimilar to news articles we read every day