To me, Xi is definitely one of the most temperate Paramount Leaders in Communist China’s history. He is not rash or impulsive, he bides his time, and he only acts when he has complete information on the situation.
Which is where the “Do Nothing, Win” meme comes from. He’s not exactly doing nothing per se; he’s just waiting for everyone else to make their moves first, then he will analyse the global chessboard afterwards and finally makes his.
And China has so far greatly benefitted from his patience and sensibility. It’s also not as if China is really doing nothing either - it is busy developing its own infrastructure and infrastructure abroad through the Belt & Road initiative, and is securing itself as the leader of the Global South with regards to BRICS and Africa, all while America becomes more isolationist.
I dont really know exactly if the approval rating of his governance in China is accurate. When I worked there, it was still under the previous leader Hu Jintao. But I won’t be surprised if it is genuine. He has practically leapfrogged China’s economy and prosperity to be able to now directly compete with the USA. The Chongqing you see today is very different from the Chongqing of 2005-2007 when I worked there, and so is many other different cities. Chongqing was more or less a mountainous backwater swamp 20 years ago, and now it’s transformed itself into a cyberpunk city and tourist destination.
In my eyes, Deng still remains as the greatest, and Mao - while socially revolutionary within modern Han Chinese/Socialist ethos - is largely still the biggest idiot when it comes to governance. But thats just my opinion lol.
>I appreciate that you share your knowledge with me
Np :)