FLASH
Shkruar nga Pamfleti
Beijing's emergence of military power and its growing diplomatic influence reveal a leader with imperial ambitions, growing authoritarian alliances, and a vision for a new world order on China's terms.
China showed military might and diplomatic power in Beijing this week, which should worry us all.
In her heart was an all-powerful man.
Xi Jinping is emerging as the emperor of a rising China, determined to reshape the world in its image.
He wears the uniforms of his communist predecessors, but he is much more than just another heir to Chairman Mao. Xi has more and more in common with China's imperial past.
He has gotten rid of rivals and term-limit rules, potentially making him ruler for life.
Xi believes it is China’s destiny to return to its rightful place as the center of the world. A new world order dominated by China is approaching, hastened by the Trump administration’s willingness to dismantle the current Pax Americana and the Western mess over Ukraine.
China has the right to assert itself more forcefully on the world stage, but it is the manner of this assertion and the risks of clashing with the West that should give cause for concern.
Xi has ruthlessly suppressed dissidents in the country with genocidal repression in Xinjiang, a cultural holocaust in Tibet, and brutal human rights repression in Hong Kong.
Next in his sights is Taiwan. The Chinese communists claim it as part of their "One China" project.
This opens a dividing line between Xi's rising China and Western nations. China's increasingly open support for Putin's war in Ukraine is another reason.
Western helplessness and failure to exert sufficient pressure on Russia to end the conflict have allowed it to spill over into a much larger conflict.
On one side in the East, authoritarian governments lining up to support Russia. And on the other, democratic countries supporting Ukraine.
This week's evening of autocrats in Beijing seems to have turned things more in their favor. Good news for regimes that use Orwellian surveillance, censorship, and repression to control their people and keep power in check.
Bad news for the rest, it's for those of us who prefer a future organized around democracy, freedom, and the rule of law.
Dictators rejoice. Democrats beware./ Adapted from "Pamphlet", from "Sky News"
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