Worldwide Backlash Against Xi Jinping

RUSH: “The Backlash Is Growing Against Xi Jinping in China and Around the World.” This is a CNN story. It’s from a couple of days ago. Richard McGregor is the writer. He’s “a senior fellow at the Lowy Institute in Sydney and an expert on Chinese government politics and diplomacy.” His new book — Xi Jinping: The Backlash — was published by Penguin Australia two days ago.

“The backlash abroad against President Xi Jinping’s China, at least in developed nations, has spread rapidly in the last year. Some countries, like Australia and Canada, feel patronized and bullied. Neighbors worry they are being marginalized. Advanced industrial nations, especially Germany and South Korea, see China coming at them like an unstoppable, oncoming train. The U.S., for decades the world’s lone superpower, is confronted by a once-in-a-lifetime challenge from Beijing. All of these phenomena, previously bubbling under the surface, have burst into clear view during Xi’s time in office.”

This is a book about how Xi Jinping has bombed out — and this is a China expert in Sydney. How do you write this book and this kind of excerpt, a column from this book, and not mention Donald Trump?

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