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Deng Xiaoping, the Chinese leader who led China's market reform, had a saying along the lines of “hide your strength and bide your time”. Xi Jinping appears to
by factsaresacred 8y ago
Deng Xiaoping, the Chinese leader who led China's market reform, had a saying along the lines of “hide your strength and bide your time”.
Xi Jinping appears to believe China's time has come and you're seeing the results: they're behaving like the authoritarian and petulant bullies that they've always been.
Personally I think this behaviour is gift. For too long we've been fed the narrative of China's 'peaceful rise' by people happy to make a quick buck from its gigantic market.
Now we're seeing China's true colors.
In the decades to come, making China a superpower will be looked upon as one of the most foolish things The West has ever done.
- jopsen 8y ago> In the decades to come, making China a superpower will be looked upon as one of the most foolish things The West has ever done. This assumes this is something the west did. Or that this is something the west should have prevented. By trading with China the west certainly accelerated growth. But let's be clear hundreds of millions of people have been pulled up from extreme poverty -- overall I think that's a good thing.
- factsaresacred 8y agoTrue, China's rise has been beneficial for hundreds of millions - it's pretty much a miracle and China deserves a lot of credit. I just believe that all those that called the USA a reckless superpower ain't seen nothing yet.