AMP China Series Canberra Event: Xi Jinping’s China – Power in the People’s Republic

Xi Jinping is China's most powerful leader in a generation, with command over the Chinese Communist Party, the military, and the country's top diplomatic and economic policymaking bodies. Join author and journalist Richard McGregor to examine whether Xi's current standing is sustainable, and what it means for countries like Australia.

Richard McGregor's career as a journalist spans over three decades. He has worked for the Sydney Morning Herald and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and is the former chief political correspondent, Japan correspondent and China correspondent for The Australian. In 2000, he was appointed Shanghai bureau chief for the Financial Times, and later became the paper’s China bureau chief, deputy news editor finally Washington bureau chief. Mr McGregor has also reported for the BBC, the International Herald Tribuneand the Far Eastern Economic Review and is the recipient of numerous Asian regional awards for his reporting, including a 2010 Society of Publishers in Asia Editorial Excellence Award and 2008 SOPA Award for Editorial Intelligence. Mr McGregor's book ‘The Party: The Secret Life of China’s Communist Rulers’, was described by The Economist as a “masterful depiction” of the Chinese political system. He is now writing a new book about modern Sino-Japanese relations and the US, to be published next year.

The Lowy Institute is grateful to AMP for their support of this event series.