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China’s Eurasia Strategy May Deliver Beijing Its Coup de Main

China’s Eurasia Strategy May Deliver Beijing Its Coup de Main
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping shake hands at the end of a joint press conference following their talks at the Kremlin on June 5, 2019. Maxim Shipenkov/AFP via Getty Images
Gregory Copley
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People’s Republic of China (PRC) leader Xi Jinping may be close to achieving a coup de main that would increase Beijing’s dominance over Eurasia, the Middle East, and Africa. Provided, that is, that Beijing itself can retain cohesion and control at home in the face of economic collapse and impending food and water shortages.

Gregory Copley
Gregory Copley
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Gregory Copley is president of the Washington-based International Strategic Studies Association and editor-in-chief of the “Defense & Foreign Affairs” series of publications. Born in Australia, Copley is an entrepreneur, writer, government adviser, defense publication editor, and Member of the Order of Australia. His latest and 37th book is “The Noble State: Governance Options in an Ignoble Era.”
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