Gideon talks to Oriana Skylar Mastro, author of Upstart: How China Became A Great Power. They discuss China’s rapid rise, Beijing’s ambitions on the global stage and how the US will respond. Clip: Bogdan Kokkonen Free links to read more on this topic: China emerges as one of biggest bilateral lenders to Philippines China hits out at ‘aggressive’ Taiwan for military build-up US and allies say China is ‘aggressively recruiting’ their fighter pilots China accuses US of seeking ‘Asia-Pacific Nato’ China’s army tests gun-toting version of robot dog Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.