![A press center in China’s southern island province of Hainan shows Xi Jinping giving an online speech at the Boao Forum for Asia, April 20, 2021 (Kyodo photo via AP Images).](https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/l_xi_china-rising_china-04282021.jpg?w=519&h=259&crop=1)
Editor’s Note: This is the web version of our subscriber-only weekly newsletter, China Note, which includes a look at the week’s top stories and best reads from and about China. Subscribe to receive it by email every Wednesday. If you’re already a subscriber, adjust your newsletter settings to receive it directly to your email inbox. In his keynote address to the annual Boao Forum last Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered one of the clearest statements to date of China’s ambitions on the global stage, rejecting hegemony, whether for China or any other power, and calling for an international order […]