Program: Sam Kaplan, “Democracy > Autocracy: A Case Study of Xi Jinping and China,” October 6, 2022

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Over the last ten years there’s been a trend away from democracy and towards authoritarianism around the world. This is despite the obvious advantages democracy brings of freedom and human rights and despite study after study showing economies do better under democracy than autocracy.

Sam Kaplan
Sam Kaplan

Xi Jinping’s China offers a great illustration of how democracy is better than autocracy. Learn the latest on China and the continuing Competition of Competence between China and the West this Thursday morning as Sam Kaplan presents Democracy > Autocracy.

Sam Kaplan is the author of Challenging China, publisher of the Weekly e-newsletter International Need to Know and Director of the Center of Excellence for Global Trade and Supply Change Management.

Sam’s latest book is Challenging China: Smart Strategies for Dealing with China in the Xi Jinping Era. At Sam Kaplan (samkaplanauthor.com), there are links to a variety of places to buy the book. The Amazon link is here.