Why China’s confidence could turn out to be a weakness

While much of that pride is well placed, it also breeds cockiness. It gives Xi a justification for unwinding the policies of openness that helped China emerge from international isolation and abject poverty under former Communist Chairman Mao Zedong. It has also given a boost to extreme nationalists who trumpet Chinese superiority and who are now urging military confrontation with Taiwan after Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit.

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