Trump call for Chinese warships hits sensitive topic for Xi

U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand for China to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz will almost certainly be rejected out of hand. But it unwittingly touches a sensitive debate simmering among foreign policy thinkers in Beijing: Should President Xi Jinping start using his military to shape geopolitical outcomes?

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