This was the week, President Xi, when you could finally see for yourself the validity of the warning we were discussing in our one-way conversation almost three months ago. It is somewhat ironic (isn’t it?) that, as a strongman ruler who likes being in total control, the perfect position you found for yourself was being just another spectator. You were in control of absolutely nothing that was exploding half a world away, in Ukraine. Yet your global reputation was going to suffer considerable collateral damage. And that’s where you were able to see precisely the danger I was discussing with yo…