FT Big Read

The West takes a hard line on Chinese soft power

As Chinese efforts to socialize democracies to their authoritarian regime become more apparent, the debate in the west about how to stop China’s soft power takes a harder edge. Jamie Smyth and Jamal Anderlini report. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

An audio version of the best of the Financial Times's Big Reads — in-depth reporting from FT correspondents around the world. Listen to longform stories that explore and explain key themes in world news, science and business. Produced by Anna Dedhar. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.