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China Hawks Hear What They Want to Hear

China Hawks Hear What They Want to Hear

A good way to ensure that U.S.-Chinese rivalry turns into something like a new Cold War is to interpret every word that the other leader says in the most alarmist way possible.

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Jul 08, 2021
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Rachel Cheung puts Xi Jinping’s “heads cracked and bleeding” line from his speech marking the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party in context:

So, what to make of Xi’s thinly veiled warning? It would be an exaggeration to take the expression as a threat of war, but it was no doubt used to signal the unshakeable stance of the Chinese leadership, even …

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