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As Trump tweets about SNL and Broadway shows, China’s Xi Jinping embraces a new, powerful role The election of Donald J. Trump as the next US president is widely expected to propel China, and Chinese president Xi Jinping, into a new role. Trump’s talk of increasing trade barriers, disdain for global organizations and agreements, and a focus on a domestic agenda could create a more isolationist US, leaving China to fill the gap. Already, Xi appears to be embracing the change. Since the US presidential election, Xi has held a flurry of meetings with global leaders, including some historically ignored by China’s top official in the US’s own backyard. China has also swiftly become the new, and surprising, voice on climate change. And with the Trans-Pacific Partnership, designed to counter China’s influence on Asia trade, all but abandoned, Beijing is already trumpeting the end of the US pivot to Asia. China has even taken in Myanmarese fleeing violence in the north of the country, and offered humanitarian aid. http://qz.com/842119/as-us-president-elect-donald-trump-tweets-about-saturday-night-live-and-hamilton-chinas-xi-jinping-embraces-a-new-powerful-role/
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