As Xi Jinping Extends Power, China Braces for a New Cold War
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As Xi Jinping Extends Power, China Braces for a New Cold War
He congratulated Mr. Xi on his "extraordinary elevation" at a leadership congress in October and likened him to a "king." Mr. Xi’s attitude toward China’s place in the world was echoed Tuesday in the state-run newspaper, Global Times, which proclaimed in an editorial
that "the country must seize the day, must seize the hour." "Our country must not be disturbed by the outside world or lose our confidence as the West grows increasingly vigilant toward China," it said.
Even before the announcement on Sunday that he could rule for the foreseeable future, Mr. Xi had ordered the Chinese military to counter the Pentagon with its own modernization in air, sea, space
and cyber weapons, the analysts said, partly in response to Mr. Trump’s plans to revitalize American nuclear forces.
You can’t justify dominance forever." Mr. Xi appears to share the view of many Chinese analysts and military officials
that the United States is a superpower in decline — and that China must step into the vacuum it leaves behind.
27, 2018
BEIJING — Having cast aside presidential term limits, China is bracing for relations with the United States to enter a dangerous period under the continuing leadership of President Xi Jinping, intending to stand firm against President Trump
and against policies it sees as attempts to contain its rise, according to Chinese analysts.
In some respects, Mr. Xi’s move to extend his rule in tandem with his drive to make China a
dominant global power should not have surprised the United States, Chinese analysts said.
Rather than beginning a final term next month as a lame duck, Mr. Xi will govern with new authority to pursue his agenda of making China a global power even if it risks putting Beijing in conflict with Washington
and triggering a new Cold War after 40 years of mutual engagement, the analysts said.
Cui Liru said that In the Asia-Pacific, the dominant role of the United States in a political and military sense will have to be readjusted,
He congratulated Mr. Xi on his "extraordinary elevation" at a leadership congress in October and likened him to a "king." Mr. Xi’s attitude toward China’s place in the world was echoed Tuesday in the state-run newspaper, Global Times, which proclaimed in an editorial
that "the country must seize the day, must seize the hour." "Our country must not be disturbed by the outside world or lose our confidence as the West grows increasingly vigilant toward China," it said.
Even before the announcement on Sunday that he could rule for the foreseeable future, Mr. Xi had ordered the Chinese military to counter the Pentagon with its own modernization in air, sea, space
and cyber weapons, the analysts said, partly in response to Mr. Trump’s plans to revitalize American nuclear forces.
You can’t justify dominance forever." Mr. Xi appears to share the view of many Chinese analysts and military officials
that the United States is a superpower in decline — and that China must step into the vacuum it leaves behind.
27, 2018
BEIJING — Having cast aside presidential term limits, China is bracing for relations with the United States to enter a dangerous period under the continuing leadership of President Xi Jinping, intending to stand firm against President Trump
and against policies it sees as attempts to contain its rise, according to Chinese analysts.
In some respects, Mr. Xi’s move to extend his rule in tandem with his drive to make China a
dominant global power should not have surprised the United States, Chinese analysts said.
Rather than beginning a final term next month as a lame duck, Mr. Xi will govern with new authority to pursue his agenda of making China a global power even if it risks putting Beijing in conflict with Washington
and triggering a new Cold War after 40 years of mutual engagement, the analysts said.
Cui Liru said that In the Asia-Pacific, the dominant role of the United States in a political and military sense will have to be readjusted,