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China’s Illusory Global Leadership

Chinese President Xi Jinping is trying hard to portray his country as a global power ready to assume a broader international role. But China's continued reliance on a resource-based approach to development assistance, not to mention its reluctance to help address humanitarian crises, is doing little for the cause.

ATLANTA – Even as China’s economy slows and its government backslides on reform, President Xi Jinping is trying hard to portray his country as a global power ready to assume a broader international role. It is proving to be a tough sell.

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