Grumblings in Beijing, anyone?

Xi Jinping is facing growing criticism, both from within the Party as well as from intellectuals, about increasing authoritarianism

Claude Smadja 

Claude Smadja

Has President Xi Jinping overplayed his hand in displaying too much overconfidence and asserting too early and too strongly China’s ambition to be “very close to the center of the international stage”? Has he underestimated Donald Trump’s determination to “re-balance” — and in fact revisit — the US-China trade and economic relationship? If this is the case, to what extent will this impact the Chinese leader’s authority and grip on power? The rumour mill in China has been abuzz with speculations about these questions, with some ...

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First Published: Thu, August 23 2018. 01:03 IST