There have been angry barbs tossed over the future of Taiwan and stealthy balloons sent over the North American landmass. Beijing fulminates over a legacy of U.S. global 'hegemony' and styles itself as a champion of a different kind of international order.
Xi, meanwhile, is arguably in worse shape, with China's economy slumping, investor capital fleeing the country, and the deep damage wrought by Beijing's draconian mishandling of the pandemic still being measured.
To be sure, Xi is firmly ensconced in power, but growing internal pressures may lead the budding superpower down a more dangerous path, argued Minxin Pei, a political scientist focusing on China-U.S. ties at Claremont McKenna College.
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