
2: Order a crackdown
10/24/22 • 44 min
1 Listener
Xi Jinping is in power, and he immediately kicks off a campaign to clear up corruption in China. But he doesn’t stop there. Soon human rights activists, Uyghurs, and even former allies are disappearing off the streets with no explanation. Meanwhile, The Telegraph’s Sophia Yan wrestles with China’s strict Zero Covid policy while in quarantine.
Archive used in this episode from: CCTV, CGTN, CBS, ABC
Get 30 days' free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/dictator |
Read How to build a democratic dictatorship, by Sophia Yan |
Read more from Sophia Yan: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/s/sk-so/sophia-yan/
Read more of The Telegraph's coverage of China: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/china/|
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Xi Jinping is in power, and he immediately kicks off a campaign to clear up corruption in China. But he doesn’t stop there. Soon human rights activists, Uyghurs, and even former allies are disappearing off the streets with no explanation. Meanwhile, The Telegraph’s Sophia Yan wrestles with China’s strict Zero Covid policy while in quarantine.
Archive used in this episode from: CCTV, CGTN, CBS, ABC
Get 30 days' free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/dictator |
Read How to build a democratic dictatorship, by Sophia Yan |
Read more from Sophia Yan: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/s/sk-so/sophia-yan/
Read more of The Telegraph's coverage of China: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/china/|
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Previous Episode

1: Live in a cave
A deep dive into Xi Jinping’s younger years, from being sent to a cave to do manual labour during the Cultural Revolution, to his dark family history. As Xi rises through the party, hints of his manifesto begin to emerge. Meanwhile, The Telegraph’s Sophia Yan begins her journey trying to get back into China.
Get 30 days' free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/dictator |
Read How to build a democratic dictatorship, by Sophia Yan |
Read more from Sophia Yan: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/s/sk-so/sophia-yan/
Read more of The Telegraph's coverage of China: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/china/|
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Next Episode

3: Create a personality cult
A look inside how Xi Jinping permeates every aspect of daily life in China, from the streets to schools to people’s phones. The extraordinary new levels of propaganda and censorship under him mean one thing: he is turning himself into Mao Zedong 2.0. Meanwhile, The Telegraph’s Sophia Yan deals with the increasingly grim reality of reporting in China.
Archive used in this episode from: CCTV, CNN, Sky News, BBC News
Get 30 days' free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/dictator |
Read How to build a democratic dictatorship, by Sophia Yan |
Read more from Sophia Yan: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/s/sk-so/sophia-yan/ |
Read more of The Telegraph's coverage of China: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/china/ |
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
If you like this episode you’ll love
Episode Comments
Generate a badge
Get a badge for your website that links back to this episode
<a href="https://goodpods.com/podcasts/bed-of-lies-198561/2-order-a-crackdown-24476197"> <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/badges/generic-badge-1.svg" alt="listen to 2: order a crackdown on goodpods" style="width: 225px" /> </a>
Copy