“There is a vivid contrast between the order of China and the chaos of the West.”

—  Xi Jinping

Source: As quoted in The East Is Rising': Xi Maps Out China’s Post-Covid Ascent https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/world/asia/xi-china-congress.html The New York Times

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