Four Corners The Power of Xi (Season 65, Episode 10)
TV Episode | 44 min | Documentary, News

Four Corners

The Power of Xi (Season 65, Episode 10)

TV Episode | 44 min | Documentary, News

The rise of Xi Jinping and the global impact of his rule. Xi envisions a dominant China - militarily, technologically and on the world stage, but he's being tested by economic instability, mass protests and international pushback.

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Updated Apr 7, 2025

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Apr 7, 2025 (Australia)

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17 wins & 9 nominations

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28 cast members

Name	Known for
Martin Smith Self - Correspondent Self - Correspondent See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Alfred Chan Self - Author, 'Xi Jinping' Self - Author, 'Xi Jinping' See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Kai-Shek Chiang Self (archive footage) (as Chiang Kai-Shek) Self (archive footage) (as Chiang Kai-Shek) See fewer	The People Between (1947)
Bill Clinton Self - Former US President (archive footage) Self - Former US President (archive footage) See fewer	The Great Irish Potato Famine
Victor Gao Self - Professor, Soochow University Self - Professor, Soochow University See fewer	CBC News Network with John Northcott (2016)
Yu Gao Self - Journalist (archive footage) (as Gao Yu) Self - Journalist (archive footage) (as Gao Yu) See fewer	Die Freitagsrunde (1989)
Xi Jinping Self - President of China (archive footage) Self - President of China (archive footage) See fewer	Tagesschau (1952)
Ian Johnson Self - Author, 'Sparks: China's Underground Historians' Self - Author, 'Sparks: China's Underground Historians' See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Colin Kahl Self Self See fewer	At This Hour with Kate Bolduan (2014)
Zedong Mao Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The New China (1951)
H.R. McMaster Self - National Security Advisor, 2017-2018 Self - National Security Advisor, 2017-2018 See fewer	Brothers on Three (2025)
Samuel Paparo Self - Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Forces (as Adm. Samuel Paparo) Self - Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Forces (as Adm. Samuel Paparo) See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Mike Pence Self - Former US Vice President (archive footage) Self - Former US Vice President (archive footage) See fewer	Age of Rush (2021)
Matthew Pottinger Self - Dep. National Security Advisor, 2019-21 Self - Dep. National Security Advisor, 2019-21 See fewer	ABCNews Special (1981)
Jia Qingguo Self - Professor, Peking University Self - Professor, Peking University See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Orville Schell Self - Co-Editor, 'The China Reader: The Reform Era' Self - Co-Editor, 'The China Reader: The Reform Era' See fewer	In the Year of the Pig (1968)
David Shambaugh Self - Author, 'China's Leaders: From Mao to Now' Self - Author, 'China's Leaders: From Mao to Now' See fewer	Cold War (1998)
Susan Shirk Self Self See fewer	PBS News Hour (1975)
Anne Stevenson-Yang Self - Founder, J Capital Research Self - Founder, J Capital Research See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Joseph Torigian Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Donald Trump Self - US President (archive footage) Self - US President (archive footage) See fewer	The Apprentice (2004)
Edward Wong Self - Author, 'At the Edge of Empire' Self - Author, 'At the Edge of Empire' See fewer	Carbon's Casualties (2016)
Cai Xia Self - Chinese Communist Party, 1982-2020 Self - Chinese Communist Party, 1982-2020 See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Deng Xiaoping Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Mr. Deng Goes to Washington (2015)
Li Yuan Self - The New York Times Self - The New York Times See fewer	Four Corners (1961)
Jianying Zha Self - Contributor, The New Yorker Self - Contributor, The New Yorker See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Xi Zhongxun Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Fengsuo Zhou Self - Co-Founder, Humanitarian China (as Zhou Fengsuo) Self - Co-Founder, Humanitarian China (as Zhou Fengsuo) See fewer	American Thought Leaders (2019)