12 Jan 2021
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On Monday, Xi Jinping gave a speech to ministerial-level officials at the Central Party School in Beijing.
Some context: Xi does this almost every year. It is similar to a kind of internal State of the Union address where Xi lays out the major themes that officials should focus on in the co...
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