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Xi Jinping’s Push to Disengage and Scapegoat U.S.

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As Xi Jinping instructs Chinese officials to limit their interaction with their U.S. counterparts, Hong Kong-born China expert Ho-fung Hung, author of Clash of Empires: From “Chimerica” to the “New Cold War” and Professor in Policy Economy and the Editor-in-Chief of Asian Perspective at Johns Hopkins University, shares with Taiwan Talks what is behind these calls. Hung details how China is using the U.S. as a scapegoat for its economic slowdown. He explains how it comes right out of the “authoritarian playbook” as Xi continues to follow Putin’s footsteps in his quest for total control and consolidating power.