The rise of the Global South – referring to a grouping of 134 countries from Central and South America, Africa, Asia and Oceania, mostly ‘developing’ status - is reshaping the balance of economic power, trade, and political influence.

Selina Ho is Assistant Professor in International Affairs and Co-Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalisation at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. She is an expert on Chinese politics and foreign policy and she joins us to discuss China's domestic politics and foreign policy, as China approaches key meetings, the 20th Party Congress, the National People's Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress.

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