Retired Senior Colonel Zhou Bo of China's People's Liberation Army presents Beijing's vision of a multipolar world, claiming it would be fairer and less dominated by a single superpower. However, questions linger about whether China's actual conduct in the South China Sea and dealings with the Global South align with its stated rhetoric.
Retired Senior Colonel Zhou Bo of the People’s Liberation Army joins Sreenivasan Jain to make the case for China’s vision of a multipolar world – one Beijing says would be fairer, more balanced and less dominated by a single superpower. But does China’s conduct, from the South China Sea to its dealings with the Global South, match its rhetoric?
Zhou offers a rare view from inside the Chinese establishment on where the world order is heading.