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Is China’s Xi Outmaneuvering His Enemies, at Least for Now?

Is China’s Xi Outmaneuvering His Enemies, at Least for Now?
The opening of China's rubber-stamp legislature, the National People's Congress, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2024. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Gregory Copley
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Chinese Communist Party (CCP) chief Xi Jinping is giving the appearance of defying gravity by successively tanking China’s economy—returning it to a Maoist “internal circulation” model—and simultaneously appearing to have outmaneuvered his enemies within the CCP and the general public.

Gregory Copley
Gregory Copley
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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.”