Among half a dozen notable excerpts from the speech by President Xi Jinping to the World Economic Forum/Davos conference, posted today by Global Times, are the following:
“Amidst the raging torrents of a global crisis, countries are not riding separately in some 190 small boats, but are rather all in a giant ship on which our shared destiny hinges. Small boats may not survive a storm, but a giant ship is strong enough to brave a storm.”
A second excerpt might have been directed to Klaus Schwab personally, to show him the stupidity of contrasting poverty alleviation and better living standards, to “saving the planet":
