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China has had only one leader who was educated in the West: Deng Xiaoping. Deng was sent to Paris in 1920 when he was 16 where he attented middle schools, in 19
by nabla9 5y ago
China has had only one leader who was educated in the West: Deng Xiaoping. Deng was sent to Paris in 1920 when he was 16 where he attented middle schools, in 1926 he studied in Moscow. He moved back to China in 1927.
Deng understood the West and was able to advance Chinese interests. Xi Jinping is complete opposite of Deng. Xi has no understanding of other cultures.
Russia under Putin bullies and plays brinkmanship due to political weakness. That seems to work for them under the circumstances.
Chine under Xi bullies because they are incompetent. China under Xi can't even bully right. Wolf Warrior tactics of Chinese diplomats works against Chinese interest. Nobody is scared and everyone wants to resist.
- sudosysgen 5y agoXi spent multiple years living (correction, only a few weeks) in the US. You are off the mark. There are other, much more complex reasons in play.
- baybal2 5y agoHsi Chinping only spent 2 weeks in US on a work trip. There are no complex reasons at play.
- sudosysgen 5y agoIt is true, he did not spend a few years, I misremembered. Still, this is not from a lack of understanding of the West. There a lot of complex strategic factors that mean that China cannot abandon the idea of holding Taiwan, which means either war or the One China Policy, which requires the behaviour we're seeing now.
- nabla9 5y agoI was talking about Wolf Warrior diplomacy. It's idiotic tactic now matter what way you look at it.