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Alejandro Chafuen in Forbes: Xi Jinping’s ‘New Long March’

May 23, 2019 • by Joshua Gregor

Alejandro Chafuen in Forbes: Xi Jinping’s ‘New Long March’

Alejandro Chafuen, Acton’s Managing Director, International, writes today in Forbes of the growing trade war between the United States and China. Chinese president Xi Jinping recently characterized the road ahead as a “new Long March,” in a reference to Mao Zedong’s legendary strategic retreat from Chiang Kai-Shek’s nationalist forces in 1934. Continue Reading...

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Alejandro Chafuen in Forbes: Xi Jinping’s ‘New Long March’

Alejandro Chafuen in Forbes: Xi Jinping’s ‘New Long March’

Latest Posts

Getting the Reagan Revolution right

7 Figures: U.S. school districts spending per pupil

The case for capitalism

Game of Thrones and the judgment of history

Acton Line podcast: Lessons on tyranny from Game of Thrones; Poverty and alienation in China

Adam Smith shows how sympathy makes life more satisfying

Rev. Ben Johnson on ‘Donald Trump’s one-front trade war’

5 questions about the last episode of Game of Thrones

Explainer: Theresa May’s ‘New Brexit Deal’

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