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170045
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China seems determined to maintain sound relations with all the major players in the region, to keep a low profile and to avoid costly entanglements.
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159265
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134766
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China’s contemporary leadership does not have a “grand strategy” for the 21st century and it is unlikely that the new leaders, who came into power in 2012–13, will be able to craft one. This is a viewpoint that goes against the established truth about China’s comeback as a great power in the international arena. China observers concur and to some extent admire the Chinese leadership’s ability to think long term and commitment to patiently work towards the realisation of a grand vision for the “Middle Kingdom”. There is, undoubtedly, a great deal of strategic thinking going on in China, but it has not been translated into any coherent strategy. Today’s Chinese leaders are pragmatists, seeing and seizing every opportunity that arises without a binding plan. They are also introverted, however, and forced to engage in short-term fire-fighting rather than think long term.
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147225
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Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah died the night of January 23, 2015. The king, who was 91, had ruled the kingdom for two decades. After then-King Fahd suffered a stroke in 1995, Abdullah became the country's de facto ruler, and Abdullah was formally appointed king when his predecessor died in 2005. Ten years later, shrouded in a simple white cloth, King Abdullah was buried in an unmarked grave the same day he died—in line with Wahhabi Islamic teachings. The same day, Abdullah's half-brother Salman became the new king, and named his own brother, Muqrin, crown prince and his nephew, Muhammad bin Nayef, deputy crown prince. Later that spring, in April, Muqrin was replaced by Muhammad bin Nayef as crown prince. Meanwhile, the king's young son, Muhammad bin Salman, was appointed new deputy crown prince.
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