> One would never be able to glean that based on what the western media reports on, however. yeah. i feel this is an interesting point. the article says that

> One would never be able to glean that based on what the western media reports on, however. yeah. i feel this is an interesting point. the article says that within China there are mainly disincentives to argue with or reason against the leader (Xi) OTOH, Western media see mainly incentives to argue with and reason against the leader (Trump). i daresay sometimes the Western media seem like theologians who already have the right answer (Trump and all of his statements and actions are by definition ignorant/wrong/bad) and have tasked themselves with constructing a path, a narrative, which supports only that answer. and, of course, Trump himself acts a lot like a medieval theologian too, but one who belongs to a different religion than the media. also, he often commits heresy and even changes religion altogether. at unpredictable times. so we're all rather confused about what's going on now and about what the future holds. interesting times.