How to become a dictator, Episode 3: Create a personality cult | Podcast
Telegraph, 01 Nov 2022
Uncle Xi, Chairman of Everything, China’s CEO, Mao 2.0, Winnie the Pooh, Steamed Bun.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has many names, but what do we really know about him? The Telegraph’s award-winning China Correspondent Sophia Yan is going to find out - but this might be her toughest assignment yet. Wish her luck.
In this third episode, 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.
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping has many names, but what do we really know about him? The Telegraph’s award-winning China Correspondent Sophia Yan is going to find out - but this might be her toughest assignment yet. Wish her luck.
In this third episode, 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.
Follow 'How to be a dictator' to make sure you don't miss an episode: https://podfollow.com/how-to-become-a-dictator
Archive used in this episode from: CCTV, CNN, Sky News, BBC News
Get 30 days' free access to The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/dictator
Read more from Sophia Yan: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/s/sk-so/sophia-yan/
Subscribe to The Telegraph on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/3idrdLH
Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.
