Leading Chinese strategy professor Da Wei sets out China’s opportunities and challenges as it tries to make the most out of the Trump era. While Western countries squabble over culture war issues, Xi Jinping has been flexing his power over rare earth supply chains, sticking close to Vladimir Putin, and adding to the pressure on Taiwan. Could he now tempt European countries to overlook all this and build closer ties with Beijing, to hedge their bets against an unpredictable US? And could he be