This is the guiding principle of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) first proposed by Xi in 2013. This also means that after the 19th National CPC Congress, BRI will garner much deeper national attention, resources as well as human energy. Third, Xi’s vision or era – “Xi Jinping’s New Era of Socialism with Chinese Special Characters” – has also been enshrined in the constitution. In his speech Xi also said that between 2020 and 2025, China would become a nation of “small comfort”. Will China emulate that stature in the 21st century and beyond, both for its own people and humanity in general?

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 10, 2017 18:00 UTC