Xi States His Case for China to Lead the World
WATCH: Key Takeaways From Xi's Party Congress Speech
President Xi Jinping laid out his vision of a China with greater power, influence and appeal in the world as he offered up his country as an alternative to the US and its allies.
The “rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is now on an irreversible historical course,” Xi declared in a speech lasting almost two hours yesterday to open the twice-a-decade Communist Party Congress that looks set to hand him a norm-breaking third five-year term.