Souvenir cups with images of Chairman Mao Zedong and Chinese President Xi Jinping on sale during the Communist Party’s 19th National Congress. Photo: Reuters Souvenir cups with images of Chairman Mao Zedong and Chinese President Xi Jinping on sale during the Communist Party’s 19th National Congress. Photo: Reuters
Souvenir cups with images of Chairman Mao Zedong and Chinese President Xi Jinping on sale during the Communist Party’s 19th National Congress. Photo: Reuters
Rana Mitter
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On Reflection by Rana Mitter

Opinion: Forget Mao Zedong, Xi Jinping is more Charles de Gaulle

Like the former French president, Xi has a ‘certain idea’ for his country and conflates domestic politics with his own thinking. Can he also reverse positions, like de Gaulle, and face down his own nationalists?

Rana Mitter
Rana Mitter

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Souvenir cups with images of Chairman Mao Zedong and Chinese President Xi Jinping on sale during the Communist Party’s 19th National Congress. Photo: Reuters Souvenir cups with images of Chairman Mao Zedong and Chinese President Xi Jinping on sale during the Communist Party’s 19th National Congress. Photo: Reuters
Souvenir cups with images of Chairman Mao Zedong and Chinese President Xi Jinping on sale during the Communist Party’s 19th National Congress. Photo: Reuters
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