“Do NOT underestimate Xi Jinping.” | Michael Sheridan | Dateline Bangkok

For Part 2 of this episode of the Dateline Bangkok podcast, Tommy Walker speaks with Michael Sheridan.

Michael Sheridan is a veteran foreign correspondent spending decades working in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

He is formerly of The Sunday Times, spending over 20 years as the newspaper’s Far East Correspondent. In Part 2, Sheridan discusses Xi Jinping in his early days, entering government and his worldview.

He also discusses both optimism and vulnerabilities for China, Trump, Taiwan, Hong Kong and what China’s leadership may look like after Xi.

Link to podcast: https://youtu.be/mL57Gz_ePmw?si=4H2XzFvScLfJ7Qp2