Xi Jinping knows that he can’t reverse the economic slowdown. Scared of both popular and Party uprisings, he is eliminating rivals while claiming to fight corruption; reinforcing the government’s control of society and information; and fanning the flames of aggressive, nationalistic attitudes toward Japan and the United States by expanding the Chinese maritime boundaries. Blind adoration of China has paralyzed the West, always far too ready to appease Chinese leaders instead of questioning their worrying ambitions.
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