China will build a "new model" of relations with the United States, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday in a speech that portrayed China as the leader of a globalized world where only international cooperation could solve the big problems.
Two days before the inauguration of Donald Trump who has promised to be a U.S. president putting "America first", Xi urged countries to resist isolationism.
"Trade protectionism and self-isolation will benefit no one," Xi told an invited audience at the United Nations in Geneva.
"Big countries should treat smaller countries as equals instead of acting as a hegemon imposing their will on others."
