President Xi and the Chinese Dream - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

President Xi Jinping is said to be China's most powerful leader since Chairman Mao Zedong - so what does he want to do with this power?



The Chinese Communist Party started its congress this week, held every five years, unveilinga new generation of political leaders.



It is also expected that President Xi Jinping will be accorded the rare honour of seeing his own doctrine - Xi Jinping Thought - being enshrined in China's constitution.Where will that Thought take him and his huge, strategically essential country - and how might this affect the rest of the world?



Joining David Aaronovitch in The Briefing Room are:Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia and president of the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)



Yanmei Xie, a writer on Chinese politicsLord Jim O'Neill, former UK Treasury Minister and chairman of Goldman Sachs

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