China under Xi has become more aggressive, bullish: Nikki Haley

TIL Desk/World/Beijing/ China under President Xi Jinping has become more aggressive and bullish, former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said, asserting that such a behavior is unlikely to last long.

Indian-American Haley, in an interview, said the Chinese were quiet and strategic during her tenure at the UN. They moved and made sure that they were trying to get positions in certain areas, and trying to get things done behind closed doors, she said.               

“Then once President Xi kind of named himself king, they got very aggressive. They got very bullish. They started to kind of point their fingers in countries’ faces saying, you’d better vote with us. They started to be very aggressive at the UN in wanting positions and wanting to have leadership roles. And they started talking down to everyone,” Haley alleged.