Does China's intransigence remind you of the actions of 1930s Germany?

China will probably also adopt an old tactic. "I will keep what I have taken. You accept that. And we will all calm down then"

So China has begun Mr Xi Jingping’s third term, which was approved yesterday, by howling that the world is out to cook its goose. Don’t bully us, please, the Chinese government seems to be saying, while and after bullying everyone. No wonder they say that bullies don’t like to be bullied back.

According to the New York Times, Xi said last Monday that “Western countries led by the United States have implemented all-around containment, encirclement and suppression of China, which has brought unprecedented severe challenges to our country’s development.”

And China’s foreign minister said, according to the NYT again, “The United States