China Would Surely Be Reunified’: Xi Says Chinese Economy Is More Resilient And Dynamic

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping said on Sunday his country’s economy had weathered a storm and grown “more resilient and dynamic” this year, in a speech to the nation marking the new year. Xi also promised in an address broadcast on state-run channel CCTV that China would “surely be reunified” — a reference to the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own and has pledged to seize. Xi has endured a challenging 2023 at the helm of the world’s second-largest economy. His administration has struggled to sustain an economic rebound since rapidly dumping its onerous zero-Covid policy a...