Forum, not summit,play low.
To challenge.. dominance, xi has been staging set piece events this year which showcase his claims to global leadership.
First he gave a speech against protectionism at .. in...
today nearly 30 heads of state and government will wind up a forum in Beijing celebrating his most ambitious foreign policy.
The belt and road initiative commits China to underwrite about 150 billion this year in infrastructure investments - roads railways ports power plants and fuel pipelines. In countries along the old Silk Road to Europe and its maritime counterpart.
Despite hullabaloo, the plan is suffering a backlash.
Some in China worry that the initiative is too sprawling. The forum is a vast coming of age party. But global leadership does not come easy.
