"In matters of diplomacy and war, Putin wields mostly the weapons of the weak: hackers in American politics, militias in Ukraine, obstructionism in the United Nations," Osnos wrote. [...]
Xi, he said, "is throwing out the written rules, and to the degree that he applies that approach to the international system — including rules on trade, arms, and access to international waters — America faces its most serious challenge since the end of the Cold War." [...]
"For the United States, the idea of an absolute dictator running the most powerful peer competitor nation-state-and soon to be the most powerful economy — with a single-minded obsession to 'Make China Great Again' who is going to be around for another 10 to 15 years must give us pause," former State Department official and China expert John Tkacik told the Washington Free Beacon.
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