MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE review The Stranger, Undertone, and Outcome
Inside the Mind of Xi Jinping
by Francois Bougon
(Hurst £12.99)
ONE of the most powerful politicians on the planet, Chinese leader Xi Jinping still remains a puzzle to many Western observers.
Taking the helm at a crucial point in China’s development path as it rises to middle-income levels, Xi’s focus on advancing his country’s modernisation, while firmly rejecting Western economic and political models, has provoked considerable panic among Atlanticist liberals and corporate conservatives alike.
GORDON PARSONS is intrigued by a biography of the Marxist intellectual and author, made from the point of view of his son
The cancelled China trip of the German Foreign Minister marks a break with Helmut Schmidt’s China policy and drives Germany further into Washington’s confrontation course, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN



