OK, I would not normally even try to explain this, BUT I have a black coffee and a Scotch. Living working in China 07/08 blew even MY truther brain apart. EVERYTHING I had been told about China except for the 1 child policy was pretty much a LIE and the people were trying to resist even then. HOWEVER I could see even then that there were MANY narratives being deployed in the West that were incorrect. ie Dalai lama good China bad. Go down that Rabbit Hole!!! ANYWAY could write a book on why I think XI is a good guy BUT trust Q.
My sister in law grew up in china... she was trained as an accountant... she says the indoctrination she was subjected to "that China must and will rule the world" was pervasive. As well, little is what it seems in China. Deception has long been a key survival skill. They have none of the "baggage" as they call it of Judao-Christianity
I can agree with you regarding Russia but not at all regarding china.
OK, I would not normally even try to explain this, BUT I have a black coffee and a Scotch. Living working in China 07/08 blew even MY truther brain apart. EVERYTHING I had been told about China except for the 1 child policy was pretty much a LIE and the people were trying to resist even then. HOWEVER I could see even then that there were MANY narratives being deployed in the West that were incorrect. ie Dalai lama good China bad. Go down that Rabbit Hole!!! ANYWAY could write a book on why I think XI is a good guy BUT trust Q.
My sister in law grew up in china... she was trained as an accountant... she says the indoctrination she was subjected to "that China must and will rule the world" was pervasive. As well, little is what it seems in China. Deception has long been a key survival skill. They have none of the "baggage" as they call it of Judao-Christianity
Dinner in the Forbidden City has significance. So too did stepping across the Military Demarcation Line at Panmunjom. Dont underestimate how much.
Now whether it signaled Xi's continued consent or his capitulation we dont know.
Every country has its deep state and its difficult for us to know which side any particular player falls on.
Agreed