Zhou Bo: China’s alternative to Western power
Senior Colonel Zhou Bo and Sreenivasan Jain discuss China's vision of a fairer, multipolar world and work towards that.
A Changing World? The Contest for Global Power
Senior Colonel Zhou Bo and Sreenivasan Jain discuss China’s vision of a fairer, multipolar world and its work towards that aim.
Retired Senior Colonel Zhou Bo of the People’s Liberation Army joins Sreenivasan Jain to make the case for China’s vision of a multipolar world – one Beijing says would be fairer, more balanced and less dominated by a single superpower. But does China’s conduct, from the South China Sea to its dealings with the Global South, match its rhetoric?
Zhou offers a rare view from inside the Chinese establishment on where the world order is heading.
Contributors:
Zhou Bo – Retired senior colonel, People’s Liberation Army of China
Published On 23 Aug 2026