The Australian reports that Former Prime Minister John Howard has hit out at China’s President Xi’s administration calling it a “high water mark of authoritarianism” for China. In comments to a seminar on US-Australia economic relations hosted by the US Studies Centre, Mr Howard said Chinese leaders would face growing calls from their increasing affluent population for a greater say in how their country was governed.
Defence24 July 2020
China’s Xi Jinping a ‘high water mark’ for authoritarianism
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