Robert Louis Stevenson, a 19th-century Scottish novelist, said, “Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.”
Xi Jinping, the top Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader, has just done the opposite.
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Xi Jinping Plays a Good Hand of Cards Poorly Through Major Miscalculations
Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping attends a meeting with delegates from the 2019 New Economy Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Nov. 22, 2019. Jason Lee/Pool/Getty Images
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Wang Youqun
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Wang Youqun holds a doctorate in law from the Renmin University of China. He previously worked as a copywriter for Wei Jianxing (1931–2015), a member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee, from 1997 to 2002.
