Analysis: Why A Chinese Leader Told The Story Of 'A Devil And A Demon'
China's Vice President Wang Qishan likes parables. In Davos he told a story to answer a question on U.S.-China trade relations.
by Pallavi Gogoi
Jan 29, 2019
3 minutes
China's Vice President Wang Qishan likes parables.
He offers tales from ancient China when he wants to make a point.
I discovered that last week at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, where Wang spoke and I listened intently on the translation headsets provided by the forum.
"In Chinese history, there was a story of a devil and a demon," Wang said. He prefaced this by saying it's a story he would often narrate to his former colleagues at the
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