The struggles for power within China’s ruling Communist Party over the purge of Bo Xilai, and the blind activist Chen Guangcheng’s escape from detention during economic talks with the US, have made Chinese leaders’ nationalist assertions even more strident than usual. No official wants to appear soft where China’s supposed “core interests” are concerned.
薄熙来事件中的中共内斗以及盲人活动家陈光诚在中美经济对话期间逃脱监禁让中国领导人的民族主义取向更加坚定了。没有哪个官员愿意在事关中国认定的“核心利益”问题上示软。