Still, analysts noted that any softening in approach remained limited to economic or business policies that do not involve China’s national security, which has become a defining feature of Chinese policy in recent years.
On Saturday China announced that it would hold joint naval and air force exercises with the Russian military in the Sea of Japan.
And Mr. Xi himself gave a speech on July 6 urging the military to “break new ground” in war preparedness, warning that “China’s security situation is facing rising instability and uncertainty,” according to the official Xinhua news agency.
China has also taken steps this month that could undermine its reputation as a reliable link in global supply chains.
It said it would limit exports of rare materials needed to make semiconductors, in a step widely seen as retaliation for American limits on the sale of advanced semiconductors to China.
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“, ”, Scott Kennedy, Xi Jinping, Xi
Organizations:
Center for Strategic, International Studies, Saturday China, Xinhua
Locations:
Washington, China, United States, Japan