Does X Jinping really want to meet his old pals?

 "Xi (Jinping) is attempting to implement a modern version of the tributary system that Chinese emperors used to establish authority over vassal states: submit to the emperor, and reap the benefits of peace and trade with the empire," wrote Prof Brahma Chellaney. Xi would probably love to sit on a throne and wear a crown. "Hailing 'mighty uncle Xi', Chinese people have taken to social media using an old imperial term to welcome President Xi Jinping's naming by the Communist Party as its 'core', despite party efforts to limit his cult of personality," reported Reuters.  Using a fictitious nine-dash line China has claimed sovereignty over the entire South China Sea. The US has rejected China's claims, but the other nations bordering the South China Sea, such as Vietnam and Philippines, are too small to challenge the naval strength of China. In June, 20 Indian soldiers were killed in hand-to-hand fighting with Chinese troops in Ladakh. Many Chinese soldiers were killed by Indians. "Xi was so embarrassed by this outcome that, whereas India honored its 20 fallen as martyrs, China refuses to admit the precise death toll." In a surprise move, "Indian Army has occupied heights overlooking Chinese Army positions at Finger 4 along Pangong Lake." Despite peace talks India has consolidated its positions and has deployed fighter jets along the border. "If that were not humiliating enough, India eagerly noted that the Special Frontier Force (SFF) that spearheaded the operation comprises Tibetan refugees." Xi Jinping's aggressive attack on India 'unexpectedly flopped', wrote US magazine Newsweek. "China is pushing growing numbers of Tibetan rural laborers off the land and into recently built military-style training centers where they are turned into factory workers, mirroring a program in the Western Xinjiang region that rights group have branded coercive labor," reported Reuters. The China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI) in the US reported that "between 2012 and 2018, China carried out multiple cyber attacks" on Indian satellite communications, "even as the Indian Space Research Organisation maintains that its systems have not been compromised so far". An investigation by The Indian Express revealed that Zhenhua Data Information Technology Co based in Shenzhen in China was monitoring Indian  politicians, officials, judges and leading personalities using Artificial Intelligence and stored data on Overseas Key Information Database. The same company was also tracking at least 35,000 Australians and 50,000 Americans. Perhaps, in a sign of growing opposition, Xi carried our another purge of Communist Party and government officials. Xi must know how a former president Liu Shaoqi was humiliated and tortured after losing power. Former pal Bo Xilai is waiting for him. What a reunion it will be.