Imperial Overstretch: Has Xi Jinping’s China Gone Too Far?

Imperial Overstretch: Has Xi Jinping’s China Gone Too Far?

Abandoning the path of development taken by Deng Xiaoping, Xi Jingping has overextended China economically, militarily, and politically.

Mark S. Cogan is an associate professor of peace and conflict studies at Kansai Gaidai University based in Osaka, Japan and a former communications specialist with the United Nations.

Paul Scott is a Japan-China specialist and democracy activist who is currently teaching in the Graduate Program in Peace and Conflict Studies at the Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, España and at the Catholic University of Lille, France.

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