Zhou Bo: China’s alternative to Western power

Video Duration 24 minutes 55 seconds 24: 55.

Key points

• But does China's conduct, from the South China Sea to its dealings with the Global South, match its rhetoric?
• Senior Colonel Zhou Bo and Sreenivasan Jain discuss China's vision of a fairer, multipolar world and its work towards that aim.
• Contributors: Zhou Bo – Retired senior colonel, People's Liberation Army of China.
• Zhou offers a rare view from inside the Chinese establishment on where the world order is heading.

Retired Senior Colonel Zhou Bo of the People's Liberation Army joins Sreenivasan Jain to create the case for China's vision of a multipolar world – one Beijing states 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?

Contributors: Zhou Bo – Retired senior colonel, People's Liberation Army of China. Published On 23 Aug 202623 Aug 2026.

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