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{{quotebox-float|"The case against China rests not only on how the [[coronavirus]] came to first infect humans—something scientists will argue about for years—but also what Chinese ruler Xi Jinping did once the [[pathogen]] crippled his country. In short, he took steps he knew or had to know would spread the disease beyond his borders. His actions make the infections and deaths outside China deliberate, effectively a “[[biological weapon]].” His actions taken together constitute both a “[[genocide]]” and a “crime against humanity” under the [[Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court]].<ref>''[https://www.hoover.org/research/china-deliberately-spread-coronavirus-what-are-strategic-consequences China Deliberately Spread The Coronavirus: What Are The Strategic Consequences?]'', by Gordon G. Chang, December 9, 2020. www.hoover.org</ref>}}
{{quotebox-float|"The case against China rests not only on how the [[coronavirus]] came to first infect humans—something scientists will argue about for years—but also what Chinese ruler Xi Jinping did once the [[pathogen]] crippled his country. In short, he took steps he knew or had to know would spread the disease beyond his borders. His actions make the infections and deaths outside China deliberate, effectively a “[[biological weapon]].” His actions taken together constitute both a “[[genocide]]” and a “crime against humanity” under the [[Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court]].<ref>''[https://www.hoover.org/research/china-deliberately-spread-coronavirus-what-are-strategic-consequences China Deliberately Spread The Coronavirus: What Are The Strategic Consequences?]'', by Gordon G. Chang, December 9, 2020. www.hoover.org</ref>}}
Xi likes to be called "Papa Xi," however Chinese netizens on social media commonly refer to him as "Pig's Head."<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/power-struggle-intensified-within-the-chinese-communist-party_4037358.html</ref> On the 100th anniversary of the origins of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping vowed to "crack heads and spill blood" of those who oppose Chinese Communism.<ref>https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/17547/china-mobilizing-war</ref>
Xi likes to be called "Papa Xi," however Chinese netizens on social media commonly refer to him as "Pig's Head."<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/power-struggle-intensified-within-the-chinese-communist-party_4037358.html</ref> On the 100th anniversary of the origins of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping vowed to "crack heads and spill blood" of those who oppose Chinese Communism.<ref>https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/17547/china-mobilizing-war</ref>
On December 22, 2022, Foreign Affairs magazine noted in their article ''China’s Dangerous Decline'' "...China is teetering on the edge of a cliff. Ten years of [[Xi Jinping|Xi]]’s “reforms” — widely characterized in the West as successful power plays—have made the country frail and brittle, exacerbating its underlying problems while giving rise to new ones. ...a growing number of Western analysts—including Michael Beckley, Jude Blanchette, Hal Brands, Robert Kaplan, Susan Shirk, and Fareed Zakaria—have begun to highlight this reality..."<ref>[https://archive.md/hEgDs China's dangerous decline], ''Foreign Affairs'' magazine, December 22, 2022</ref>
==Early years==
==Early years==