Xi believes autocracies will fare better than democracies, says Biden


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US President Joe Biden has accused Chinese President Xi Jinping of betting that autocracies will triumph over democracies like the United States, days before high-level diplomatic meetings between the two countries are due to take place in China. Xi “truly believes that the 21st century will be determined by oligarchs,” Biden said, speaking at a CNN-hosted town hall event on Wednesday. “Democracies cannot function in the 21st century, [his] argument is, because things are moving so rapidly – so, so rapidly that you can’t pull together a nation that is divided to get consensus on acting quickly.” Referring to Xi...