TOKYO -- After securing an unprecedented third term as China's supreme leader at the Communist Party congress in Beijing last month, President Xi Jinping now confronts a raft of policy challenges on both the domestic and diplomatic fronts, including a fierce rivalry with the U.S., growing tensions in the Taiwan Strait and a slowing domestic economy.
But among the trickiest challenges he faces is dealing with the consequences of his signature policy program, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
