New Long March resists challenges

A couple of months ago, while touring Jiangxi province, President Xi Jinping made reference to an old revolutionary milestone. "Now there is a new Long March, and we should make a new start," he said in response to China's mounting economic conflict with the United States.

In China, symbolism is often more important than literal interpretation of leaders' elliptical statements. Spoken in the same province where the Long March commenced in 1934, which ultimately led to the Communist Party of China's victory over Kuomintang 15 years later, Xi's reminder underscored China's greatest strength: the long view.

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