Al Jazeera is writing an article about the Chinese elite politics, particularly the role of the "core" leader like Mao, Deng Xiaoping, and Xi Jinping. The interview focused on how the "core" leader had been influenced by traditional Chinese political thoughts and imperial legacy, communist ideology and practice in China, opening-up policy and economic reform in the post-Mao era, and the geopolitical tension between China and the West and the great power competition between the United States and China under the leadership of Xi Jinping.

The interview was also involved in George's insights on the challenges that China had been facing, the upcoming Chinese Communist Party's 20th National Congress, and his perspects on China's future.

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