Commentary
China has been driven into a “war mentality” but without a commensurate “war economy” to support Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping’s ambitions.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping presses a voting button during the opening of the fifth plenary session of China's rubber-stamp legislature, the National People's Congress, in Beijing on March 12, 2023. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
Gregory Copley
Author
Gregory Copley is president of the Washington-based International Strategic Studies Association and editor-in-chief of the “Defense & Foreign Affairs” series of publications. Born in Australia, Copley is an entrepreneur, writer, government adviser, defense publication editor, and Member of the Order of Australia. His latest and 37th book is “The Noble State: Governance Options in an Ignoble Era.”
