Xi Jinping’s Message to the World: China is Back

The hallmark of China’s foreign policy under Xi has been the abandonment of the “lay low” doctrine

China’s 19th Party Congress, which opened this week in Beijing, is a landmark event for the world’s second-largest economy.

In China’s one-party state, these congresses determine the country’s leadership, and are held every five years.

But this one is special.

It’s the first to be held since China’s current top leader, Xi Jinping, took power in 2012, and much has happened since then.

Under Xi, the size of China’s economy has grown from 7.2 to 9.5 trillion U.S. dollars, its…