China’s Xi Jinping has a better plan
But the Western media cannot see it, let alone report it
Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, delivered the keynote address (via video) at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2022 on April 21. The speech contained no surprises. It reaffirmed the basic principles that have guided China’s relations with the world during the past decade.
Xi began by recognizing the immense challenges that humanity confronts. We have yet to overcome the pandemic, he asserted, and new challenges to security are emerging, including those resulting from government inattention to climate change and the lack of a system of digital governance, combined with a widening development gap. However, he observed, a review of human history teaches us that creative solutions to problems drive human progress. Above all we must not lose confidence in the future of hu…