When launched at last year’s 19th Party Conference, ‘Xi Jinping thought’ on foreign policy stressed self-confidence and Party authority. Repeated by Xi at the Central Foreign Affairs Work Conference 23-24 June, the space for debate seemed to narrow further. Yet doubt, debate and cautious stocktaking remained in the air.
June: facing the slowdown
June: facing the slowdown
June: facing the slowdown
When launched at last year’s 19th Party Conference, ‘Xi Jinping thought’ on foreign policy stressed self-confidence and Party authority. Repeated by Xi at the Central Foreign Affairs Work Conference 23-24 June, the space for debate seemed to narrow further. Yet doubt, debate and cautious stocktaking remained in the air.