How to become a dictator


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.


Another series from Sophia Yan is available on this feed, Hong Kong Silenced:

Mass arrests. Newspaper raids. Banned protests. Activists fleeing into exile. A curriculum designed to brainwash. The Telegraph’s award-winning China Correspondent Sophia Yan tells the inside story of how life in Hong Kong was turned upside down in just one year.


How to become a dictator

🎧 Podcast episodes

Listen to 9 episodes
4: Build a superpower
39 minutes ·

4: Build a superpower

3: Create a personality cult
39 minutes ·

3: Create a personality cult

2: Order a crackdown
44 minutes ·

2: Order a crackdown

1: Live in a cave
35 minutes ·

1: Live in a cave

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