Yet another area in which Xi Jinping is failing: the most recent I noted being his administration's failure to understand the US' trade and investment frustrations because he has suppressed heterodox ideas, critical thinking and extended research visits to the US (part of his anti-corruption campaigns).
This article in the South China Morning Post argues Xi and his people are failing on Taiwan strategy as well.
Xi and his top cadres probably know better [ie they don't really think that worsening relations are due solely to Tsai Ying-wen and her DPP Party]. But they cannot admit it, as this would confirm the fact that Beijing's Taiwan strategy over the years, especially under Xi, has miscarried. Not only have the sticks and carrots failed, closer contact in fact pushed the Taiwanese in the opposite direction – towards a deepening identification with Taiwan and the liberal democratic values that define it.
