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Xi Jinping, Anticipating Return of Trump, Tells China to Brace for ‘Challenges’

Genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping urged his people to “work together to steadily improve social services and governance” in a New Year's Eve speech on Tuesday, calling for stability amid global “turmoil”. praised repressive regimes as the source of

President Xi traditionally gives a televised address at the end of the year in which he reflects on the communists' perceived successes of the past year and urges the Chinese people to support the party's policies. This year, President Xi Jinping addressed the biggest challenge facing his administration in the new year: the incoming administration to the White House of President-elect Donald Trump, who promised to work to contain China's malign activities, including in vast rural areas. It seems that he only mentioned it in a roundabout way. U.S. purchases, intellectual property theft, espionage, and foreign interference.

Most notably, President Trump announced after his election that he would impose new tariffs on Chinese goods in response to China's prominent role in enabling the global fentanyl trade, which has sparked an unprecedented drug crisis in the United States. That's what I threatened. The threat is especially strong after a year in which China's economy faltered, failing to recover as quickly and efficiently from the brutal Wuhan coronavirus lockdown as many global economists had hoped.

Nevertheless, Mr. Xi claimed “China's economy is recovering and on an upward trajectory,” he said in his New Year's address, stressing that he was said to be prioritizing “people's concerns about jobs and incomes.”

“People's concerns about jobs and incomes, the elderly and childcare, education and health services are always on my mind,” he insisted. “This year, basic pensions have been raised and mortgage interest rates have fallen. Direct payment of medical expenses across states has been expanded, making it easier for people across the country to receive medical care.”

His admission that many Chinese are extremely concerned about the dire state of the economy appears to be an attempt to quell growing dissatisfaction at home over his poor management, accompanied by empty boasts of having made the country stronger. It looked like.

“We have proactively responded to the effects of domestic and international environmental changes. We have adopted a full range of policies to obtain solid benefits in the pursuit of quality development.” he insisted. “China's economy is recovering and on an upward trajectory, with GDP expected to exceed the 130 trillion yuan mark this year.”

President Xi expressed optimism and indeed that “China's economy is currently facing new circumstances, including the challenges of uncertainty in the external environment and the pressure to transform from old growth engines to new ones.” I balanced myself by admitting this.

“As changes not seen in 100 years accelerate around the world, it is important to take a broad perspective, overcome alienation and conflict, and care with great passion for the future of humanity,” he said. Ta.

Without mentioning President Trump, the United States or other countries, President Xi responded to concerns about how he would deal with Trump's second term, saying, “China will work with all countries to promote friendship and cooperation, and to We will strengthen mutual learning between cultures and strive for national development.” It is a community that shares a future for humanity. ”

The Chinese dictator also said that the victory of right-wing, populist leaders around the world was a disappointment for him, saying the world was in a stage of “transformation and chaos” and that China (one of the most repressive countries in the world) ) claimed to be in that situation. ) was a source of “stability”. In the same speech, President Xi repeated his usual threats to invade and colonize Taiwan.

“We Chinese people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to the same family. No one can sever our kinship ties, and no one can stop the unification of China, which is the trend of the times. I can’t,” he insisted.

The term “unification” is a misnomer, as Taiwan has never been ruled by a Beijing-based regime. Nevertheless, Mr. Xi has largely abandoned the gruesome language he employed during the 2019 anti-communist protests in Hong Kong, in which he acknowledged the reality of Taiwan's sovereignty and said that those who want Hong Kong's freedom “have no bones.” It will be shattered into pieces,” he vowed.

President Xi promised to “bring more smiles to the people's faces and more warmth to their hearts.”

Trump's victory in the November election was widely seen as bad news for Xi. Under outgoing President Joe Biden, the White House allowed Mr. Xi's henchmen to publicly criticize American diplomats and humiliate them for their poor handling of Beijing. Biden himself met with Xi Jinping several times, but was unable to achieve any major US policy initiatives, instead leaving the presidency for unrelated “favors” from China, such as lending pandas to US zoos. was used.

Chinese markets fell sharply the week Trump was elected, on expectations that Trump would restrict trade with China and as investors lamented that Xi's proposed economic stimulus package was too weak. Later that month, President Trump announced that if China did not take the fentanyl crisis more seriously, he would “impose an additional 10% tariff on all Chinese products imported into the United States, exceeding any additional tariffs.” This further heightened the concerns of the Communist Party. America. “This 10% tariff would be in addition to the proposed 60% tariffs on Chinese goods that President Trump promised during his campaign.

China is threatening to use the anti-American BRICS coalition against the US to protect its economy.

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