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nt. RLK: This year is different: China talks about a “New Era” — and this is not just words, it is really the case. If we look at the vision that Xi Jinping gave at the party congress, what we see here at the National People’s Congress we see as the implementation of that vision across a very broad front.

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a basic assumption behind the report is that modern authoritarianism will be a lasting feature of geopolitics. Since 2012, both Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have doubled down on existing efforts to stamp out internal dissent, and both have grown more aggressive on the world stage. All despotic regimes hav

e China added Time and the Economist to the list of blocked media websites in 2016, apparently in retaliation for articles that were critical of Xi Jinping’s accumulation of power.” ¢ In February 2016 visits to China Central Tele- vision (CCTV), the Xinhua news agency, and the People’s Daily newspaper—t

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to all-time lows. Over a span of more than 7,000 sessions going back to the start of 1990, the VIX Index’s

In has moved swiftly to improve the crumbling relationship with China by reevaluating the deployment of the system. A friendly call with President Xi Jinping after his election gradually improved the relationship GLOBAL FORESIGHT THIRD QUAPTER 2017 increased investor expectations for corporate reforms an