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As China Steps Up, Japan Isn’t Stepping Aside
Tokyo’s government and the private sector are reasserting influence in Asia and beyond.
Shinzo Abe and Narendra Modi are deepening ties between Japan and India.
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China doesn’t quite have the game sewn up.
So bad is the West’s public-relations standing in the era of Trump and Brexit that it’s easy to see Chinese ascendancy as a welcome stabilizer in markets, finance, economics and trade. Awe at President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative is a prime example, conveying the unhealthy notion that democracies can’t do big things anymore and China is sweeping all before it.