'Many people still assume the US President is the most powerful person in the world. But times have changed,' write stefanaust and Adrian Geiges
Der Spiegel. Adrian Geigesthe long-standing Beijing correspondent for the weekly news magazine Stern. They are authors of the new book,any people still assume the US President is the most powerful person in the world. But times have changed. In recent years we have observed two parallel developments: the President of the United States has lost power while the president of China has gained it.who have made the Communist Party of China strong.
But while Mao ruled over a poor developing country, Xi Jinping now leads an economic superpower. And while Mao relied mainly on communist doctrine, Xi wields aideological weapon: nationalism. He positions himself alongside Confucius and the Chinese emperors as the executor of a historic mission: to overcome the humiliation of the Chinese people by the former colonial powers and to end centuries of Western dominance over the world.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine makes clear how the international balance of power has shifted. Biden can threaten Putin or beg him; he cannot stop him. Xi Jinping could stop Putin if he wanted to—but he doesn’t want to, because everything is going his way. Putin invaded Ukraine afterat the Winter Olympics in Beijing, where the two issued a joint statement reaffirming their shared worldview.
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