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Democracies should should emphasize, not ignore the ideological dimension of the contest with China, according to a leading commentator. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday constituted an explicit pitch to developing countries for a post-U.S. dominant world order hinged to China’s economic development model, POLITICO’s Phelim Khine writes . “China is projecting itself as the alternative to the U.S.,” said Weifeng Zhong , senior research fellow at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center. “[Xi’s speech] is part of the bigger picture where China is very confidently presenting an alternative version of globalization … and...
