China Turns Inwards (Again)

How China Under Xi Jinping Is Turning Away from the World
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/23/world/asia/china-xi-jinping-world.html
 
500 years ago, China destroyed its world-dominating navy because its political elite was afraid of free trade
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/500-years-ago-china-destroyed-its-worlddominating-navy-because-its-political-elite-was-afraid-of-free-trade-a7612276.html