Opinion
Xi Jinping’s Taiwan ambitions threaten China’s rise
A war to take the island would wreck the economic progress that Beijing has made over the past 40 years.
Gideon RachmanColumnist“Hide your brightness, bide your time.”
That famous piece of advice from Deng Xiaoping has served China well over the past 40 years. Deng, the leader whose economic policies transformed China, understood that if his country was to become richer and stronger, it must avoid confrontation with the west.
Financial Times
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