China's stagnating economy has forced Xi Jinping into a global retreat

After the tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square in 1989 and the world turned against China, Deng Xiaoping told the Communist Party to “hide your strength and bide your time”. That mantra became the doctrine for Chinese foreign policy over the subsequent decades – get on with China’s grand mission of economic reform and radical growth without drawing unnecessary attention. But under Xi, there has been little hiding or biding; it was more wolf warriors and making China great again. As …