China is paying a high price for provoking India
September 24, 2020  13:21
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"China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, recently declared that aggression and expansionism have never been in the Chinese nation's 'genes'. It is almost astonishing that he managed to say it with a straight face.

"Aggression and expansionism obviously are not genetic traits, but they have defined President Xi Jinping's tenure. Xi, who in some ways has taken up the expansionist mantle of Mao Zedong, is attempting to implement a modern version of the tributary system that Chinese emperors used to establish authority over vassal states: submit to the emperor, and reap the benefits of peace and trade with the empire."

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