This week China aggressively marked 100 years of Communism and its leader warned the World against threatening China.
But China has threatened Taiwan, and rolled back human rights in Hong Kong and elsewhere.
China is to many other nations becoming a risk, and there are concerns about a showdown with America.
On this Back Story Dana Lewis discusses leadership of China under Xi Jinping and what does the future hold for China and the rest of the World.
We interview Steve Tsang is professor of Chinese Studies and director of the SOAS China Institute at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, and form Human Rights Watch Maya Wang.
