Xi gets to the heart of matter with call for community spirit

President Xi Jinping once again presented his vision that no country can be isolated, entire of itself; and that each is an integral part of the global community in his keynote speech at the opening of the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations in Beijing on Wednesday.

Like the recent Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, the ongoing conference may be appropriately construed as another building block for what in Xi's own words is the top-layer design for his ideal of global governance, a world in which people appreciate the beauty in all civilizations and there is no considering one superior to another.

That requires openness and dialogue, and in the Chinese leader's eyes, the Asia-themed gathering represents not just all 47 countries of Asia, but a "new platform" for inter-civilization dialogue worldwide.