A US-China role switch: Who's the globalist now?

Xi Jinping sees a window as Donald Trump stirs masses with slogans

A parody doing the rounds on Chinese social media sites distills the key messages of Donald Trump’s inauguration speech into slogans that echo Mao, Deng Xiaoping and current leader Xi Jinping.

“Struggle to Realize the Great Rejuvenation of the United States!”

“Vigorously Carry Forward the Spirit of Patriotism!”

“Overthrow Bourgeois Authority, Establish a People’s Government!”

The irony of a U.S. president seeking to stir the public, and define America’s place in the world with stridently nationalist and populist language-the staple of the Communist Party’s propaganda machine-is not lost on China’s vast army of internet users. Nor on Mr. Xi, who’s making the most of