fast in the ranks of nations, whether america in particular wants to keep china in its place? it's a fair question. it's always been difficult for the existing superpower to find space for an up-and-coming one. but it is surely made far more difficult by china's third revolution, the changes that have been brought by its now supreme leader xi jinping. xi has moved china towards greater repression at home, with a smaller role for free markets and stronger insistence on communist ideology in every sphere. he's also pursued a more aggressive policy abroad. the architect of china's opening, deng xiaoping, spoke of the need for china to hide its strength and bide its time. but that was not simply a counsel to wait a few decades. deng understood china was so