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Under Xi’s leadership in recent years, China has also become more assertive in its territorial claims over Taiwan and the South China Sea.

"And he had a manner in the conversation that was assertive, but slightly cocky. That's an attractive quality too."

I need to feel like I know what I’m doing, and they help me feel more assertive and in alignment.

But some of the recent coverage has also been unflattering, with critics saying he wasn't assertive enough and his tenure has been disappointing.

What Beyoncé is doing, Palmer says, is performance art — “emoting something that is meant to be an aspirational exploration of feminism, gender-nonconformity but still softness, being assertive, having her peace in chaos with ‘Lemonade.’”