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  China’s Road to Global Leadership 09.09.2026 37mnt

  China has become one of the defining powers of the twenty-first century. But can economic strength, technological ambition, and growing global influence be transformed into genuine global leadership?In this episode of FA Talks, Dr. Ning Leng, Assistant Professor at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy and author of Politicizing Business: How Firms Are Made to Serve the Party-State in China, joins us to examine China’s ambitions for a greater role in the international order.The conversation explores Beijing’s economic and technological power, its vision for global order, domestic economic constraints, relations with the Global South, strategic partnerships, and the limits of China’s ability to build lasting international influence.Ultimately, we ask a larger question: Is the world moving toward Chinese leadership—or toward an international order in which no single power is willing or able to lead?