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Xi’s China: What does the future hold? With Yasheng Huang and Kerry Brown

What do China's political and economic challenges mean for the rest of the world?

As protests erupted last week across China in response to continuing lockdowns and the country’s zero covid policy, two leading experts join Intelligence Squared to discuss how significant a moment this is for China and President Xi Jinping. Some commentators have compared the protests to 1989, when students demonstrated for political reforms and democracy. While others say the protests are really about covid policy and will die down once restrictions are loosened. 

In addition to the political unrest, the  Chinese economy is also facing a difficult outlook too. This year China is forecast to grow at its slowest pace in three decades and the IMF have warned Asia’s leaders and central bankers to brace for ‘exceptional’ uncertainty and inflationary pressures from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hitting the region. 

So what vision does Xi have for China? Will he be forced to ditch zero covid? And what do China’s political and economic challenges mean for the rest of the world? Join Yasheng Huang and Kerry Brown as they answer your questions on the future of the world’s most populous country. 


Speakers

Speakers

Yasheng Huang

Professor in international management at the MIT Sloan School of Management


Professor in international management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he founded and heads the China Lab and India Lab. He is the author of Capitalism with Chinese characteristics and the forthcoming book The Rise and the Fall of the East: Examination, Autocracy, Stability and Technology published in 2023. He frequently writes in The New York Times about the Chinese economy and politics.

Kerry Brown

Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at Kings College London, his latest book is Xi: A Study of Power.


Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at Kings College London. He is the author of over ten books on modern Chinese politics, history and language. His latest book is Xi: A Study of Power.