In his Communist party speech Xi’s ambition and confidence were on display. He wants nothing less than for China to be the world’s most important countryIt was long, very long. He expressed a high level of confidence that the country would become a “moderately prosperous country” by 2020. Xi exuded confidence that through these reforms China will become the world’s leading country in terms of “national power and international influence”. Whether he is able to deliver on these is an open question, but we should be in no doubt that Xi wants nothing less than to make China the world’s most important country on every conceivable measure.

Source: The Guardian October 18, 2017 06:51 UTC