Xi Jinping

yi: Just days before the 70th birthday of contemporary China, the Chinese foreign minister struck a reflective tone on China's rise from poverty to become the UN's second-biggest funder, according to CNN. He also listed his country's stance on several controversial issues around the world. While China's Xi Jinping rarely attends, he did send chief diplomat Wang Yi to speak on Friday. Here are the top lines Sovereignty Wang emphasized a point that he has repeated throughout the week's events in New York, that China intends to mind its own business, and wants others to mind theirs -- as did several others earlier in the week, including US President Donald Trump. China will remain committed to the basic principles of sovereign equality and non-interference in other country's internal affairs as enshrined in the UN Charter. China is guided by the principle of independence.... We will neither subordinate ourselves to others, nor coerce others into submission, Wang said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.