BEIJING — Beijing is increasingly playing hardball on every issue that brings it into contact and potential conflict with the rest of the world: democracy in Hong Kong; U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; the visit of the Dalai Lama to the White House; sanctions against Iran; the value of the renminbi; the sickly dollar; human rights; censorship of the Internet; Google and hacking; greenhouse gas emissions and climate change; the U.S. budget deficit; and a blossoming variety of trade issues.
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