简介:Theworldintheoutgoing2018hasbeenmarkedbyuncertainty,adefiningfeatureoftheinternationallandscape.Theshiftinthebalanceofpoweraccelerated,unilateralismandprotectionismfurtherdeveloped,andtheinternationalsystemcameunderseriousstrain.Major-countrycompetitionintensified.Evenastraditionalhotspotsremainunresolved,non-traditionalsecurityissuessuchasclimatechangeandrefugeescroppedup.Withhiskeenunderstandingoftheevolutionofhistoryandfirmgraspofthetrendofthetimes,GeneralSecretaryXiJinpingmadethiskeyjudgmentaboutthecurrentinternationalsituation:"Ourworldisexperiencingprofoundchangesunseeninacentury."