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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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?
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