Chinese supremo Xi Jinping has announced a new goal for Chinese diplomacy: that the People’s Republic of China should come to be regarded by the rest of the world as “trustworthy, lovable, and respectable.”
Well.
The Lovable Police State?
Chairman Xi wants the world’s love and respect, but he’ll be satisfied just to get his way.
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Soldiers of the ‘People’s Liberation Army’ in China listen to a speech at the ‘Great Hall of the People’ in Beijing, July 9, 2008.
Claro Cortes IV / Reuters
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Kevin D. Williamson is a former fellow at National Review Institute and a former roving correspondent for National Review.
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