China seeks to move beyond ostentation to domination

Hong Kong, September 23 (ANI): Images of Chairman Xi Jinping, dressed in a grey Mao suit, officiating at China's spectacular military parade through Beijing on 3 September, were carefully orchestrated.

The idea was to present to China and to the world a powerful leader in control of his nation's destiny. Constructing his political legacy, Xi is currently being unapologetically assertive overseas and reassuringly