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The 2nd World Internet Conference has opened in Wuzhen, in east China's Zhejiang province.At the opening ceremony, President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech, urging all countries to jointly build a community with a shared future in cyberspace.Xi put forward five proposals to achieve this goal.He called for efforts to speed up the building of global cyber infrastructure and to promote inter-connectivity.While discussing the construction of an online platform for cultural exchanges and mutual learning, he also highlighted the innovative development of the cyber economy for common prosperity.In addition, Xi called for measures to maintain cyber security and promote its orderly development.To promote equity and justice, the president proposed to build an Internet governance system, which features a multilateral approach with multi-party participation.So what can we read between the lines of President Xi's speech? How hard is it to create a community with a shared future in cyberspace?PIK spoke with&