Xi Jinping lays out vision of fortress China against tense rivalry with the U.S.

Xi Jinping lays out vision of fortress China against tense rivalry with the U.S.

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech on the opening day of this week’s ruling party meeting charts a course for ongoing tense relations with the U.S. hinged to a dark vision of a China beset by “external attempts to suppress and contain” it.

Xi outlined an aggressive foreign policy on Sunday as he detailed his “work report,” a document that sets out domestic and foreign policy priorities for the Chinese Communist Party for the next five years.

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