BEIJING—China’s government said its leader would signal at a global forum next week that Beijing supports multilateralism, in a bid to raise its profile as a benevolent global power amid tensions over the South China Sea and escalating criticism from the incoming Trump administration over Taiwan. President Xi Jinping will emphasize China’s support for global cooperation and free trade at a keynote speech on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and in an address to the United Nations in Geneva the...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 11, 2017 08:33 UTC