A Bigger, Bolder China in 2016

President Xi Jinping, who enters his fourth year as the country's leader, has sought to greatly expand China’s military and economic role in the world. PHOTO: WANG ZHAO/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

BEIJING—China’s efforts to project its economic and military clout around the world are set to accelerate as the country fleshes out plans for new trade routes between Europe and Asia in 2016 and tries to consolidate its grasp over disputed islands in the South China Sea.

Source: The Wall Street Journal