President Xi never wastes a good crisis. As Iran, Ukraine and Palestine distract the world, he tightens his grip

Xi’s ever more bullish stance owes much to Trump’s trashing of the post-1945 global order, disdain for international law and national sovereignty (as seen in Venezuela and Greenland), and strained relations with traditional allies such as Japan, South Korea and European Nato countries. Many now view the US as an unreliable partner. For China, Trump’s shifting focus away from Asia and towards the western hemisphere is a golden opportunity to be exploited while it lasts. That may be one reason why Xi has taken the unusual step of agreeing to visit Trump in Washington next month, so soon after their May meeting in Beijing...

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