Kevin Rudd explains several factors affecting Xi Jinping as China’s economy faces struggles: News.com.au
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has weighed in on the state of China’s economy as talk continues to swirl over the superpower’s next move regarding Taiwan.
Speaking on ABC’s 7.30, Mr Rudd said he believes leader Xi Jinping will bide his time to insulate China from potentially devastating economic sanctions before making a territorial push on the island nation.
“I think Xi Jinping’s preferred timetable is the 2030s, by which time he would still be in power, he‘s got good genes, his mother’s still alive at the age of 96,” he said.