A few countries cannot set global rules, says Chinese President Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping outlined China’s view of a world in flux and contained veiled criticisms appeared to be aimed the United States

China’s President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday global rules cannot be imposed “by one or a few countries” and attempts to “decouple” would not benefit any nation. He was speaking at the annual Boao Forum, a meeting known as China’s Davos and this year attended virtually by a number of Asian leaders, Chinese official media reported, including South Korea’s Moon Jae-in, Indonesia’s Joko Widodo, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Mr. Xi outlined China’s view of a world in flux and contained veiled criticisms appeared to be aimed the United States, although he did not name the country. He said “combined forces of changes and a pandemic both unseen in a century have brought the world into a phase of fluidity and transformation” with “instability and uncertainty clearly on the rise.”