This Monocle 24 podcast takes a look at the latest soft power index and cultural power of states.

Monocle Foreign Desk - China is fast becoming, if it isn’t already, the world’s next superpower. But how questionable are the methods it’s using to sustain its influence over those it seeks to control, and does it really want to be leader of the not-so-free world? Andrew Mueller is joined by Isabel Hilton, Steve Tsang and Karen Middleton.