With Xi in office for the long haul, China touts its stability
BEIJING - President Xi Jinping offered an assertive vision Tuesday of a proud and capable China, culminating an unusual legislative session that endowed him with indefinite power and sparked rare public dissent - including one extremely famous eye roll.
"Today, the creative spirit of the Chinese people is being realized in an unprecedented way," Xi said in a televised address at the close of the National People's Congress. "We are making big strides to the front of the world."
Xi's speech - the equivalent of an inaugural address for his second term - played up themes of tradition and nationalism that underscored a "Chinese dream" of
