Fresh humiliation for Chairman Xi Jinping as new Xiong’an megacity stalls

The Pyramid of Cheops. The Taj Mahal. Chichen Itza. The Colosseum. They’re among the great wonders of the world. They’re the vanity projects of pharaohs, emperors and priest-kings. And the more things change, the more they stay the same. Chairman Xi Jinping has secured an unconstitutional third term as supreme leader of the Chinese Communist Party. And he’s doubled down on what he desires to be just one of his greatest legacies – a herculean monument to bureaucracy. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been unexpectedly promoted to heir to the Saudi Arabian throne. His legacy is supposed to be…