2025-03-05

BEIJING - China in 2025 has changed significantly. Under the new strongman Xi Jingping, the Communist Party's totalitarian control over the state is greater than ever. By developing the New Silk Road and increasing its high-tech expertise, it has also been able to expand its sphere of influence worldwide.

Twelve years after the success of his book Beestig China (Beastly China) and the end of his time as a correspondent in China, and twenty years after his very first trip to the country, Tom Van de Weghe takes a look at China today. Over the past year, he has actually returned several times to what was once his home.

No one can write about the intriguing country of China with more knowledge and in such a fascinating way as Tom Van de Weghe. No other country will have to be taken into account in so many areas in the coming years and decades as China.

Tom Van de Weghe

Tom Van de Weghe is an award-winning Belgian Journalist and foreign affairs correspondent for VRT.
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