Inside China’s global propaganda machine – with Joshua Kurlantzick

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With China’s military and economic power continuing to grow, Katie Stallard speaks to Joshua Kurlantzick, a journalist and fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, about Beijing’s ambition to become an information superpower. They discuss his new book, Beijing’s Global Media Offensive: China’s Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World, and the reach – and limits – of that campaign, as well as why he predicts TikTok’s days in the US are numbered. Read more: China’s new foreign minister and the taming of “wolf warrior” diplomacy. How Xi Jinping views the world. Nixon in China: the complicated legacy of a week that changed the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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