When former White House deputy national security advisor, Matt Pottinger, issued a warning to global leaders the other day, he didn’t mince his words.

Those who still entertain the idea of a ‘stable’ relationship with Chinese president Xi Jinping are “smoking dope”. To do so, he says, means they haven't really been listening to Xi Jinping, about his aims for world domination.

Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher, on the dangerous message that China sent out, the other week. And which global leaders, according to Matt Pottinger, need to rethink their relationship with China.

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