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The Coronavirus Is a Stress Test for Xi Jinping Who Is at Fault in Spain’s Catalan Crisis? by Elizabeth Economy On February 4, Cui Tiankai, China’s ambassador to the United States, prepared to address an audience of students, scholars, and businesspeople in San Diego, California. Before the ambassador could speak, a young Chinese man stood up and yelled, “Xi Jinping,
step down!” Security quickly whisked the man away, and the event went on. A handful of similar calls for the resignation of Chinese President Xi Jinping have popped up on the Chinese Web in recent weeks, from citizens who accuse the country’s leadership of bungling the
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