One never hears any mockery of them as you occasionally heard about previous leadership styles, and again, the sort of modesty, the work ethic, the down to business, abstemious personal style, I think, has played well here. |
The PLA (People's Liberation Army) continues to deploy missile forces in areas opposite Taiwan. Those represent a growing force for intimidation. |
These are really very competent politicians in the Chinese sense of the term, and managers of what is a vast, complicated, continental economy with many historical legacies to deal with. |