In this Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017 photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese peacekeepers watch a screen displaying the opening session of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in southern Lebanon. Chinese President Xi Jinping
In this Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017 photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese peacekeepers watch a screen displaying the opening session of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in southern Lebanon. Chinese President Xi Jinping is channeling a red-blooded nationalism as he seeks to strengthen the Communist Party’s role in Chinese life and assert Beijing’s rise as a global superpower. Xi’s muscular foreign policy could become even more assertive following this month’s party congress, where he’s expected to get a second five-year term as party secretary general. (Dong Yongkang/Xinhua via AP)