Assertive China After the Rise of Xi Jinping

In terms of China's internationalisation and economic policy, the Chinese economic miracle, which supports visions of China as a global hegemon, would correspond to a coherent long-term grand strategy. First, we analyse the key drivers along China's partial liberalisation processes. Second, the focus will shift to recent political developments in the West, as a late reaction to a more assertive China and its 'wolf diplomacy', taking into account the weakness of the free world in the face of the China threat, given the apparent strengths identified in the examination of China's strategy. Finally, a brief section will be devoted to general conclusions integrating the results of the two perspectives.