Xi Jinping’s Third Term: What Should the World Expect?

In his address to the IIEA, Professor Brown examines the consequences of Xi Jinping’s third term as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China. He also assesses what the world can expect of the next five years. He emphasises that China is facing tough economic conditions, and that its relations with the US, in particular, are fraught. Professor Brown assesses if Xi will offer more of the same, or if his leadership will have to adapt as his party faces the battle to achieve their aim: China as a great, strong, and powerful country.

About the Speaker:

Kerry Brown is Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King’s College, London. He is an Associate of the Asia Pacific Programme at Chatham House, London. From 2012 to 2015 he was Professor of Chinese Politics and Director of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, Australia. Prior to this, he worked at Chatham House from 2006 to 2012, as Senior Fellow and then Head of the Asia Programme. From 1998 to 2005 he worked at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, as First Secretary at the British Embassy in Beijing, and then as Head of the Indonesia, Philippine and East Timor Section. He previously graduated from Cambridge University and holds a PhD in Chinese politics and language from Leeds University. He is the author of almost 20 books on modern Chinese politics. He has recently been awarded the China Cultural Exchange Person of the Year.