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China steps up as US steps back from global leadership

  • Written by Flynt L. Leverett, Professor of International Affairs and Asian Studies, Pennsylvania State University
imageChina's President Xi Jinping at the podium at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.AP Photo/Michel Euler

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s appearance at last week’s World Economic Forum shows global leadership is shifting, not drifting, toward Beijing. The most vigorous defense of globalization and multilateral cooperation was...

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