China Perspective Ep 4: Will Beijing’s plans to return Communist Party to revolutionary roots backfire?

8:37 mins

Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in China.

The Straits Times' China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliott Danker about the following points:

1. How Chinese President Xi Jinping's plans to bring CCP back to its revolutionary roots (1:26)
2. The removal of Didi Chuxing on app stores by China’s cyberspace regulator (4:20)
3. Questions over the efficiency of Chinese made vaccines jeopardising the soft-power win for Beijing (6:20)

Produced by: The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Ernest Luis & Aleemah Basirah

Edited by: Dan Koh

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