Title:

 Xi Jinping tweaks his diplomacy and tones down the bravado

Author:

KATSUJI NAKAZAWA

Source:

Nikkei Asian Review

Date:

July 5, 2018 

Description:

TOKYO -- Six years into his presidency, China's Xi Jinping has promoted one diplomatic goal to the forefront of his foreign policy. During the Chinese Communist Party's Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs -- held for the first time in four years on June 22-23 in Beijing -- Xi repeatedly talked about building "a community with a shared future for mankind."