The Heat: President Xi in Switzerland

The Heat

President Xi speaks at the World Economic ForumPresident Xi sends a message to the world about globalization

 For President Xi Jinping, this week’s trip was an opportunity to make the case for China as the leader of a world where only international cooperation can solve big problems.

In his keynote address before the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Chinese president called for joint efforts towards making the benefits of economic globalization available to all. Then later, at the United Nations office in  Geneva, President Xi called for the world to unite on everything from environmental protection to terrorism and nuclear disarmament.

For more on his speech at Davos and President Xi’s global economic outlook, CGTN’s Jack Barton reports:

Tonight’s panel takes another look ath the Davos event and the speeches given by President Xi:

  • Afshin Molavi, senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies 
  • Wang Guan, chief Washington correspondent, CGTN
  • Sourabh Gupta, resident senior fellow with the Institute for China-America Studies.