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  • Once again, Chinese political decisions have reset the country’s relations with the West. But whereas Deng Xiaoping’s reform and opening in 1979 heralded the start of a cooperative and fruitful relationship, President Xi Jinping's policies in 2020 are far more likely to lead to decades of hostile confrontation.

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