The US President Donald Trump is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington on September 24. As leaders of the two most powerful countries, they preside over the world’s most consequential bilateral relationship. But if Trump assumes that this means China’s foreign policy revolves around relations with the US, he is gravely mistaken. Xi is both a disciplinarian and an ideologue. He requires China’s foreign policy establishment to pursue a global strategy based on the principles of Xi Jinping Thought, which shape how China assesses its national interests and responds to pressure from the US. Chief among these…
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