The influence of the Chinese Communist Party in the world

Several sequences on the program of Soft Power, a special program dedicated to China: in the first part the news of the week ; then an interview with the researcher Sasha Halter on the thinker Wang Huning and his influence in the ideology of the Chinese Communist Party (from 48 min. in the podcast) ; then a discussion with the Chinese author Chen Qiufanfor the French release of Silicon Island (ed. Rivages) and AI 2042 (ed. Les Arènes) co-written with Kai-Fu Lee, Chinese specialist in artificial intelligence (from 1h 5min. in the podcast) ; finally a debate on China’s influence in the world with researchers Alice Ekman, Paul Charon and Simon Menet.

China’s influence in the world

The Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, the twentieth since the establishment of the CPC in 1921, ended on Saturday October 22. It brought together more than 2,300 people in Beijing, chosen by the party, to represent the 96 million CCP members. At this congress, Xi Jinping introduced the seven members of the Politburo Standing Committee, the core of Chinese political power. The Chinese president emerged stronger from this congress, remaining, unsurprisingly, the general secretary of the Party.

XI Jinping will therefore begin his third term as President of the People’s Republic of China in a few months. The election was obviously expected – and the very word election is naturally criticized by opponents of the Chinese regime. On this occasion, the entirety of this program is devoted to the China of XI Jinping and the hybrid war that China intends to wage, and perhaps amplify, against the West.

Who is Xi Jinping? What will his re-election change for the West? Could the geopolitics of the years to come be transformed by the victory of a hard wing in Beijing?

Former Chinese President Hu Jintao, from 2002 to 2012, was pushed out during the closing of the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party on Saturday October 22. A political message to signify the disappearance of the liberal wing of the Chinese Communist Party?

The show’s musical break with 林家謙 Terence Lam.

Scientific fiction: a new way of telling the future?

Chen Qiufan is a Chinese best-selling science fiction novelist. He co-wrote with Kai-Fu Lee, expert in artificial intelligence, AI 2042, ten scenarios for our future (ed. Les Arènes) on the concrete applications of artificial intelligence for the next twenty years. AI 2042 invents ten scenarios in the form of science fiction short stories followed by ten analyzes of the technologies they bring into play in everyday life (medicine, work, disinformation on the Internet, self-driving cars, etc.). Chen Qiufan also publishes his first novel translated into French, Silicon Island (ed. Shores). Live and exclusive interview for Soft Power.

News of the week

• Culture | The “Doucet” affair, on the disappearance of rare works in a Parisian library, shakes up the cultural sector following the publication in The world of the’investigation by Victor Castanet, freelance journalist. Sophie Lesiewicz, former deputy director of the Jacques-Doucet library, killed herself on October 18, the day after the publication of the investigation
• Digital | Google launches its program News Showcase in France to highlight the press on its search engine.
• Movie theater | Theatrical release on November 9 of the blockbuster Black Panther: Wakanda Foreverr by Disney.
• Music | The success of the South Korean K-pop group StrayKids.

Box office of the week

Welcome to the Box-Office, the show’s weekly meeting place Soft Power. Every week, we peel the trends of the culture and the biggest successes of the moment. In partnership with the GfK study institute for books and video games and CBO Box Office for the cinema.

Sales ranking of the week, literary fiction category (source GFK)

Ranking of sales of the week, essays and documents category (source GFK)

Ranking of cinema releases of the week (source CBO Box Office)

Ranking of video games of the week (source GFK)

For further

• The “Doucet” affair: mysterious disappearances of rare works in a Parisian libraryinvestigation by Victor Castanet, The worldOctober 17, 2022.
• Thank You, Xi Jinpingeditorial by Bret Stephens, The New York TimesOctober 18, 2022.
• China: the coronation of the emperoremission Foreign Affairs produced by Christine Ockrent, France Culture, October 15, 2022.
• 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party: where has democratic hope taken refuge?emission Debate time produced by Emmanuel Laurentin, France Culture, October 17, 2022.
• China: the dangers of omnipotence, The morning guest by Guillaume Erner with Alice Ekman and Sylvie Bermann, France Culture, October 20, 2022.
• How is China trying to infiltrate France?Soft Power program, France Culture, November 28, 2021.
• Paul Charon, Jean-Baptiste Jeangene Vilmer, Chinese influence operations, IRSEM report2nd updated edition, October 2021.
• Chen Qiufan: Silicon Island, Rivages editions, 2022; with Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2042Les Arènes editions, 2022.
• Alice Ekman: Last flight to BeijingL’Observatoire editions, November 2022; Bright redFlammarion editions, 2021.
• National Security StrategyWhite House report to the United States, October 2022.
• The underside of the special China cards, with Alice Ekman, Arte France, October 2022, 23min30s.
• Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From China and RussiaMeta, November 27, 2022.

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