Update: Xi receives credentials of new ambassadors to China

BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping received the credentials of 18 new ambassadors to China in Beijing on Friday.

Addressing the envoys, Xi noted that the world today is undergoing accelerating changes on a scale rarely seen in a century, with the international landscape beset by transformation and turbulence, and global challenges becoming more prominent.

Division, confrontation and zero-sum games have no future, and returning the world to the law of the jungle is not what people want to see, Xi said, adding that global solidarity and cooperation are the only right choices. ■