In an interview with Global Times on 3 March 2025, Keith Bennett discusses the issues facing China’s ‘two sessions’ event this week (the third session of the 14th National People’s Congress and the third session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference). He comments that China’s modernization path “offers a new option for other countries who want to speed up development while preserving independence.”

Global Times is published by the People’s Daily News Agency, which also publishes People’s Daily.

Text of the interview.