When Will China Be the World’s Most Powerful Country? Interview With Martin Jacques

Will the 2020s be the decade when power decisively shifts from the United States to China? How important is the country’s rise in broader historic context – and is that why we are seeing an emerging Cold War between Washington and Beijing? And do appeals to a ‘civilisation-state’ undermine the power of universal values and human rights?

Aaron Bastani speaks to Martin Jacques, author of the best-selling ‘When China Rules the World’.

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