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HARDtalk: Victor Gao

01/05/2019 GMT

BBC News - HARDtalk, Victor Gao

Stephen Sackur speaks to well-connected Beijing think tank analyst Victor Gao.

Stephen Sackur speaks to well-connected Beijing think tank analyst Victor Gao. Is President Xi Jinping introducing a new level of Chinese authoritarianism?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Victor Gao, a well-connected think tank analyst in Beijing who once worked as an interpreter for Deng Xiao Ping. This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Chinese Government's suppression of the pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square. Since then, China has undergone a remarkable economic transformation, but what's happened to the ideological outlook and strategic vision of the country's Communist party leaders? Is President Xi Jinping introducing a new level of Chinese authoritarianism?

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