Authoritarian responses rarely just say “they pissed me off and must be punished”, at least not in public. Really effective autocrats will often mix a bit of tr

Authoritarian responses rarely just say “they pissed me off and must be punished”, at least not in public. Really effective autocrats will often mix a bit of truth into their accusations; it’s entirely possible that there is some monopoly behavior there and that the trigger was Xi is angry about being insulted.