Conspiracy theorists in GOP are biggest threat to Biden’s China policy | Trudy Rubin

All this matters, because Xi Jinping has exhibited a ruthlessness, and willingness to crush dissent not seen since Mao Tse-tung, whom he seeks to emulate. On a visit to Beijing, in late 2019, I visited China’s National Museum on Tiananmen Square, where one wing contains the whole sweep of modern Chinese history from the mid-1800s to Xi’s predecessor, Hu Jintao. The second wing is dedicated solely, complete with videos and an enormous mockup of Chinese military maneuvers, to all the glorious achievements of Xi Jinping.

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