we could also compare xi jinping with deng xiaoping. hehe traveled in 1992 to south china.ffice did not have any any longer and he gave just two short interviews, and instantly we experienced a great wave of reform and opening up policy, only 13ad gathered officers of his person. but we could see that he could not get through so much, not part of what he could afford. melinda: some doubt that we have heard about how strong the new strongman really is. your opening statement says that china, that xi jinping is making an effort to project china as a great power, and to offer a new approach. now for years, the international community has been calling on china to become a stakeholder in -- and really take responsibility in the national system. would you say it is prepared to do that now? gudrun: selectively, yes it is. but i have to stress "selectively." it is not ready to take over the position of the united states, for example. but i think we see that in the last five years, under xi jinping there is more self-confidence and more effort to really contribute to certain global