China is confronting new US hostility. But is it ready for the fight?

September 24, 2018 9:38 AM

BEIJING (NYTIMES) – The Chinese leader, wearing a dark Mao suit, and the American president, in a black tuxedo, stood side by side with arms aloft at the Kennedy Centre. Deng Xiaoping and Jimmy Carter smiled broadly as the orchestra played “Getting to Know You,” signalling the dawn of a new era of friendship and cooperation between their two nations.

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