News Analysis
China’s new Foreign Minister Qin Gang is showcasing to the public a “soft” style of diplomacy that is starkly at odds with the hawkish tone of his recent predecessors.
Critics say the sharp shift in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) approach to foreign policy may be an attempt by Xi Jinping’s leadership to shake off the current recession and lay “low and weak” when facing the United States to avoid the embarrassment of being completely isolated in terms of its economy and technology sector.
The Chinese economy has long been trapped in a dilemma by the ruling party and has now sunk to its lowest point, Frank Tian Xie, a John M. Olin Palmetto Chair Professor in Business at the University of South Carolina Aiken, told The Epoch Times on Jan. 28….