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Dec 2024
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President Xi gives vision for China in N...

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has delivered a New Year's message to ring in 2025. He touched upon on multiple remarkable moments and events of the past year, and gave his vision of the new year. What were the key messages in his New Year speech?

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