Wearing a mask on his face like most of his compatriots, Xi Jinping, on Monday February 10, 2020, finally visited a hospital treating patients affected by the new flu. It will have taken more than five weeks for the Chinese president to show a little compassion for the victims of the coronavirus and to encourage on the ground health professionals trying to stem the epidemic which paralyzes his country from the beginning of the year. However, he is a man who is not afraid to show himself in public, especially during major demonstrations by the People's Liberation Army.
Since assuming supreme office in 2012, Xi Jinping has continued to strengthen his personal power as well as the supervision of the population by the Communist Party. This return to a certain Maoist authoritarianism was not a problem as long as Beijing reaped the economic and geopolitical successes of its "new silk routes" strategy. But the consequences
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