"Pupils in China, perhaps more so than elsewhere, learn that giving the correct answer isn't always good enough - but giving the answer expected by the teacher is. It isn't, therefore, a mark of Xi Jinping's style of leadership that Chinese managers try to anticipate their boss's opinion. Instead, that is the way China works on all levels and since long before Xi Jinping."
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"Putting countries and people in debtors' prison for several years does not make them moderate, patient interlocutors."
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