But now, one of those neighbors has leverage over Xi Jinping’s kingdom thanks to a precedent set by the Philippines.
- Richard Javad Heydarian
- The National Interest
“China is a big country and other countries are small countries, and that’s just a fact,” thundered China’s then Foreign Minister Yang Jiechie almost a decade ago during a…
This was the beginning of a new, assertive China, openly and coercively carving out a new regional order with Chinese characteristics.