'The backlash abroad against President Xi Jinping's China, at least in developed nations, has spread rapidly in the last year,' writes Richard McGregor for CNNOpinion
Richard McGregor is 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 on July 16.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.
An anti-China protester raises a placard with a portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping during a protest in front of the Chinese consular office in the financial district of Manila on April 9.In each of those cases, the investigations don't just hit the individual official who has been targeted and detained.Literally, hundreds of thousands of people who are tied into and rely on that single person for their income are effectively swept up with them.
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