TOKYO -- Mao Zedong, the founding father of modern China, famously said, "Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed."
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Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, poses with leaders of Arab nations before the opening of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum in Beijing on May 30. (Pool photo by Reuters)
TOKYO -- Mao Zedong, the founding father of modern China, famously said, "Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed."