Commentary
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping has announced China is “prepared to confront any nation that dares stand in their path of ‘national rejuvenation.’”
In the process of establishing himself as China’s undisputed totalitarian leader in October’s 20th Communist Party Congress, Xi expressed his plans for China’s future in terms of “national rejuvenation.”
Where’s the National Rejuvenation?
Taken at face value, a national rejuvenation conveys the idea of rebuilding and restoring the nation’s economy and culture, both of which are currently languishing. That would make perfect sense.
China could certainly use a national rejuvenation. The country’s economic outlook isn’t good with the collapse of its real estate development sector, high unemployment, loss of foreign investment, and the mass departure of foreign manufacturers. In fact, conditions continue to deteriorate….