Manufacturing the China Dream

President Xi Jinping's grand strategy looks to reconstitute regional and global consensus through the acquisition of ideological consent, writes Amar Diwakar, a writer and research consultant with Global Risk Intelligence. Read more

"Xi's assertive foreign policy - integrating both development and security goals - is a watershed moment in contrast to the Deng Xiaoping era of pragmatism that both Zemin and Jintao observed. Arguably, the tenor of China's 5th generation leadership can be grasped by an attentiveness to a chorus in diplomatic addresses that have so far defined Xi's tenure."