It’s a commonly held belief that Chinese nationalism is simply a tool of the Chinese Communist Party, to be picked up or discarded at will. As with much of our

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The first Chinese interest-rate cut in more than two years is a stark recognition that the world's second-biggest economy is in trouble. After years of pili