Letter

In response to Trump, Xi and the ‘green paradox’: How China is building a climate-proof future

Reason and rant

For anyone with even the remotest claim to sanity and coherence, it is an immense task to sensibly compare Xi Jinping and the orange Donald. They appear to exist on entirely different planets, or more accurately to exist in two different eras.

The Donald would have fitted perfectly into the Dark Ages of Europe when superstition, fanatical religion, irrational violence and justice by the sword were the hallmarks of the age.

His infantile narcissism and psychotic and vengeful nature was common amongst the kings and emperors of the age. Xi, on the other hand, is the highly trained and competent leader in an age of reason, matched with order, stability, common sense and nuance.

Not that we in the West have got to that age, but China is setting the standard for that emerging multipolar age. We can only hope that the penny will finally drop for the West and our children and grandchildren will have a place in that better world.

— Les Macdonald from Balmain NSW 2041