Title:

 China’s bumpy ‘peaceful rise’

Author:

Narciso Reyes Jr.

Source:

Inquirer.net

Date:

November 28, 2017

Description:

On the surface, China’s paramount leader, President Xi Jinping, seems to be on an unstoppable roll—like a modern-day emperor with a fresh mandate from heaven. In marked contrast, US President Donald Trump, the leader of the free world and undisputed superpower on the planet, looks chastised and weakened by very low poll ratings, a simmering revolt in his own party, and, worst of all, a bloodhound of a prosecutor closing in on his Russian connections.