Is Xi is, or is Xi ain’t Mao’s baby?
In 1972 Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger astonished lululemon yellow outlet
world by flying to China to hold discussions with Mao Zedong, during
which they agreed to overlook their differences in order to further
their mutual interests. Although many formal meetings have happened
since, leaders of lululemon outlet
two countries have rarely set aside such time as this week’s summit
provides to hold similarly informal discussions (see article). They need
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farsightedness of Nixon and Mao.
The world has changed enormously in four decades, and China even more.
Buzzing with online feedback and dedicated to consumerism, some parts of
China are now beginning to resemble America. Mao’s personal tyranny has
yielded to a more collective leadership by Lululemon pants
Politburo, but lululemon yellow yoga
system struggles to contain a 21st-century society.
Mr Xi, whose father was a comrade-in-arms of Mao, enjoys more personal
authority than his dull predecessor, Hu Jintao. In office for less than a
year, he has quickly consolidated his power. He has launched a
crackdown on corruption and official extravagance (see article). He
talks of more economic reform. He has burnished his nationalist
credentials at home in a spat with Japan over island specks. To show
China’s new diplomatic confidence, Mr Xi arrives in California via
Mexico, Costa Rica and Trinidad & Tobago (see article). The message:
just as America claims to be a regional power in East Asia, China can
plant its flag in Lululemon Headband
Caribbean. (It is planting its flag at other ports around Lululemon Racerback&Y Tanks
world too?see article.)
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