Many of them mention Andrew Tate, the controversial influencer who has been banned from several platforms for his misogynist views. She'd been "blacklisted" by the Russians, allegedly because she supplied villagers with food and helped them evacuate. But his son is driving a strident ethno-nationalism that seeks to unite the Chinese at home and drive away foreign powers who are, in Beijing's view, trying to encircle and weaken China. irannews.ru/ - irannews.ru In 2017, at the beginning of his second term, Xi declared: "China has stood up, grown rich, become strong and is moving towards the centre stage." "She believes in leading from the front. She also believes that we need a fresh face to take on all of these challenges." But they never made it this far. Twenty miles on, a rusty watermelon monument marks the tide mark of Moscow's advance. In 1989 - as the Soviet Union was breaking up - China's hopes for change were crushed by tanks and automatic gunfire.