Xi Jinping s Faustian moment – Asia Times

One can only guess what Xi thinks about Faust. I conjecture that he thinks of his own regime as a relentless and often merciless campaign against complacency, driving the Chinese 1.4 billion people to achieve and innovate like no other country in the world.

His dynasty will prevail, he may believe, if it does not sink into the self-satisfied torpor that infected so many of its predecessors. If I am right, Xi is the most formidable rival the West has ever encountered.

via asiatimes.com

I don’t know about this. I tend to think it’s a load of old codswallop. (Trying to get this word right.) Xi is formidable and much to be opposed, obviously. But I doubt he spends as much time thinking about Faust as Goldman does.

H/t instapundit.