The thing I think that nobody ever mentions when articles like this come out is, of course he said that. He has to say that. His own party would eat him alive if he didn't say it.
It doesn't really have a ton of bearing on the immediate situation. That's been their position from 1949, and it will continue to be their position for the foreseeable future.
Just because he said this (again) doesn't make it more likely in the immediate future, or something.
Xi says a lot of things, all of them necessary to save face, he probably believes less than half them and even less are actually true.
It's a state built on lying to literally everyone outside the ruling political party, pretending to take anything they say at face value is just further political theatre.
The thing I think that nobody ever mentions when articles like this come out is, of course he said that. He has to say that. His own party would eat him alive if he didn't say it.
It doesn't really have a ton of bearing on the immediate situation. That's been their position from 1949, and it will continue to be their position for the foreseeable future.
Just because he said this (again) doesn't make it more likely in the immediate future, or something.
Xi says a lot of things, all of them necessary to save face, he probably believes less than half them and even less are actually true.
It's a state built on lying to literally everyone outside the ruling political party, pretending to take anything they say at face value is just further political theatre.