Michael Sheridan | Xi Jinping | (Part 2)

“Do NOT underestimate Xi Jinping.” Michael Sheridan | Dateline Bangkok 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 Subscribe to our YouTube channel and watch this episode: https://m.youtube.com/@fcctevents/podcasts Listen on Spotify: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dateline-bangkok-podcast Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dateline-bangkok/id1787768088 For those of you in Bangkok, feel free to visit the FCCT for future events. If you would like to become a regular at the club, you can apply for club membership. https://www.fccthai.com 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