What does China want? It's a question posed by many in the West, including politicians, scholars, journalists and members of the general public. Some assert China wants to topple the current international order and dominate the world. Others say China wants to be the only superpower. Where do these ideas come from? Does China have a secret plan for the future of mankind? What really does China want?

The program is jointly brought to you by CGTN and the Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding at Peking University.

Guests: 

Long Yongtu, Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation; 

Susan Thornton, Former U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary of State;

H.E. Nabil Fahmy, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt;

Martin Jacques, Former Senior Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Studies at Cambridge University;

Prof. Jia Qingguo, Director of the Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding at Peking University;

Prof. Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow of Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore;

H.E. Djoomark Otorbaev, Former Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan and Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding at Peking University;

Prof. Oystein Tunsjo, Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies;

H.E. Abhisit Vejjajiva, Former Prime Minister of Thailand;

Prof. Zhang Chuanjie, Deputy Director of the Center for U.S.-China Relations at Tsinghua University.