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Arguably the greater denial lies in the failure of the developed countries to adequately fund climate mitigation and adaptation. At least China has a credible plan to deal with climate change.

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1) Xi is never going to be susceptible to Trump flatulent flattery. “Very warm feelings”? Diplomacy at its finest.

2) let’s compare todays US balance sheet to China and Japan shall we. Exactly zero chance the US deficit and national debt are reduced. Trump can’t see past his next tweet.

3) Does anyone relieve believe Trump/Maga can manage the economy better than Xi? I don’t.

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I’m sorry, none of your points seem even remotely relevant to the post. From anecdotal evidence, the Chinese economy is currently going through a pretty difficult time.

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To clarify, he’s talking about China’s current predicament (and failure to appreciate its seriousness), not whether Xi is better than Trump or China’s economic state is stronger than that of the US.

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You’re right, but my impression reading Roach is that he seems to equate “denial” with any policy that does not follow his policy prescriptions. I do think he has reasonable policy prescriptions, but policy makers can reasonably decide they have a better set of policy prescriptions without being “in denial”.

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