The most notable rebuke of China at Davos didn’t come from a Trump ally. It came from George Soros.

Despite the ongoing battle over trade with the United States, China was the preeminent force at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week, dominating conversations about trade and policy during the annual gathering of the world’s financial elites.
But there was one prominent voice who pushed back on Beijing’s dominance of the event. And it wasn’t a U.S. official or a conservative ally of the Trump administration — it was billionaire George Soros.

The most notable rebuke of China at Davos didn’t come from a Trump ally. It came from George Soros. TQUGQORACUI6TJ2ZFOCUDO56EA

The most notable rebuke of China at Davos didn’t come from a Trump ally. It came from George Soros. TQUGQORACUI6TJ2ZFOCUDO56EA

Indeed, though Trump and Soros are diametrically opposed in most aspects of their worldviews, when the liberal financier and philanthropist offered a lengthy criticism of China at a private dinner on Thursday, there were points where his criticism of China was not so far from that of Trump and his allies.
“China isn’t the only authoritarian regime in the world, but it’s undoubtedly the wealthiest, strongest and most developed in machine learning and artificial intelligence,” Soros said, according to a transcript published on his website. “This makes Xi Jinping the most dangerous opponent of those who believe in the concept of open society.”
Such direct comments are rare for a member of the global financial elite; they quickly drew a rebuke from the Chinese foreign ministry on Friday, with spokeswoman Hua Chunying telling reporters that the remarks were “meaningless and not worth refuting."
“We hope the relevant American can correct his attitude, not be shortsighted, and hold an objective, rational and correct opinion of China’s development,” Hua said, Reuters reported.
The 88-year-old Soros was born in Hungary and later became a naturalized U.S. citizen (he also holds British citizenship). He is far from an ally of the U.S. administration. Republican lawmakers and other conservatives in the United States have long accused Soros of using his vast wealth to subvert democracy against them.

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The most notable rebuke of China at Davos didn’t come from a Trump ally. It came from George Soros.

The most notable rebuke of China at Davos didn’t come from a Trump ally. It came from George Soros.

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