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Why Xi Jinping Demanded the CCP Tone Down Its Aggressive Foreign Policy

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Why Xi Jinping Demanded the CCP Tone Down Its Aggressive Foreign Policy
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (front L) and China's President Xi Jinping (C) arrive for the welcome banquet for leaders attending the Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on April 26, 2019. Nicolas Asfouri/Pool/Getty Images
Alexander Liao
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China’s “wolf warriors” may have to start behaving. Xi Jinping recently delivered a speech to senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials, calling on them to create an image of a “credible, lovable and respectable China,” according to a report by state-run media Xinhua.
Alexander Liao
Alexander Liao
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With nearly four decades of journalism experience in Hong Kong, London, and the United States, Alexander Liao is an expert on China and world affairs. He currently hosts the Chinese-language Pinnacle View news analysis program on NTD, also available on YouTube and Ganjing World. Before joining The Epoch Times, he was a Hong Kong Bureau Chief for international media, an editor of various magazines, newspapers, and radio stations, and a columnist for top financial and current affairs newspapers in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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