Qiushi

Xi Jinping speech was call to action against foreign forces ‘Westernising’ Chinese youth

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Xi Jinping speech was call to action against foreign forces ‘Westernising’ Chinese youth

The Communist Party’s top theoretical journal has highlighted the threat from “subversive” “foreign forces” trying to influence China’s youth, by releasing excerpts of a speech Chinese President Xi Jinping made six years ago. In the speech to the National Education Conference in 2018, Xi accused those forces of trying to “Westernise” China’s youth and plot … Read more

China’s third plenum: Xi Jinping tells party to show ‘unwavering faith’ in reform plan

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China’s third plenum: Xi Jinping tells party to show ‘unwavering faith’ in reform plan

On Tuesday the country released weaker-than-expected growth figures for the year’s first half, prompting some investment banks, including Goldman Sachs, to cut their annual growth forecast for the world’s second-largest economy. As Xi prepared to deliver a work report behind closed doors, the party’s leading theoretical journal Qiushi published a rallying cry by the Chinese … Read more