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A fun read: "Chinese President Xi Jinping introduces himself as the anti-Trump" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2017/01/18/chinese-president-xi-jinping-introduces-himself-as-the-anti-trump/?utm_term=.7ac556df4657 " ... it became a global trading power only after 2001, when the United States ushered it into the World Trade Organization. So its natural that Xi would defend a system that has provided China with so much." "But lets be real. Xis newfound mission as the guardian of globalization has a pragmatic, even cynical side. ...... Indeed, despite the fact that China has benefited from globalization, it has done so more, in the words of outgoing president Barack Obama, as a free rider than anything else." "Take climate change. In his speech, Xi positioned himself as the defender of the Paris climate accord. But China remains the worlds largest user of coal and has plans to use more. " "Xi also lauded innovation, free trade and world connectivity. But inside China, his government squeezes American technology companies, limits access to foreign websites and cracks down on foreign-funded nongovernmental organizations. Indeed, for all of Xis embrace of globalization, China remains a very closed society. As the economist Christopher Balding recently noted, there are well under a million foreigners living in China while China is now the biggest sender of immigrants to America, propelled to Americas shores by factors raging from pollution in China to economic opportunity and political freedom in the United States." "In the Swiss Alps, Xi warned that pursuing protectionism is like locking oneself in a dark room. ...No one will emerge as a winner in a trade war, said the leader of a country with an average tariff rate almost eight times higher than that of the United States. The Davos crowd hailed Xis commitment to investment liberalization. Did they know that China formally bans investment in about 60 sectors, and informally in many more? Indeed, even after decades of economic reforms, most foreign investors are required to find a Chinese joint venture partner and to share their industrial secrets with it if they want to do business in the country." Etc, etc
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In spite of it having been written by my ABSOLUTE LEAST favorite Chinese political analyst, this seems to be a pretty good analysis of the Xi regime. . . . in the WSJ Think China’s Xi Jinping Is In Trouble? Think Again
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in the SCMP PLA officers make rare public show of disappointment at military budget increaseXi Jinping showing army who’s boss: source
