{"id":1257768,"date":"2022-01-31T09:37:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T14:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1257768"},"modified":"2022-01-31T09:37:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T14:37:55","slug":"xi-jinping-celebrates-chinas-global-leading-position-economically-after-two-years-of-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/xi-jinping-celebrates-chinas-global-leading-position-economically-after-two-years-of-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Xi Jinping Celebrates China&#039;s &#039;Global Leading Position&#039; Economically After Two Years of Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fxi-jinping-celebrates-chinas-global-leading-position-economically-after-two-years-of-pandemic%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1257768&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Chinese dictator Xi Jinping welcomed the Lunar New Year in a speech this weekend celebrating China\u2019s \u201cglobal leading position in economic development,\u201d largely attributable to the collapse of rival economies in the face of a pandemic that would have likely remained a local outbreak had the Communist Party not acted to repress local doctors.<\/p>\n<p>Xi also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202201\/1250259.shtml\">used<\/a> his traditional address, broadcast on Sunday Beijing time according to Chinese state media outlets, to applaud his Party for repressing pro-democracy voices in Hong Kong, leading the formerly free city \u201cfrom chaos to governance,\u201d and to specifically warn Chinese citizens who are not members of the Communist Party to maintain a \u201ccorrect political direction, and consciously maintain a high degree of consistency\u201d with the Party, state media detailed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Xi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202201\/1250259.shtml\">delivered<\/a> his speech from the confines of the Great Hall of the People, the center of Chinese politics, surrounded by members of the Communist Party, elite, according to the state-run&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em>. He dedicated much of the speech to applauding his own government for its alleged achievements in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cXi said that 2021 witnessed remarkable progress for the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the country, listing major events including the celebration of the CPC\u2019s centennial, the adoption of the third historic resolution in the Party\u2019s 100-year history,\u201d the&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> relayed,&nbsp;\u201cthe victory in the fight against absolute poverty, the attainment of the first centennial goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and the start of a new journey to fully build a modern socialist China.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With China Joe now in the White House, Xi Jinping delivered a violent hour-long speech on Thursday to celebrate the 100th anniversary of China&#8217;s Communist Party. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bCJWQbZQ8e\">https:\/\/t.co\/bCJWQbZQ8e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1410652008412033031?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNo matter what twists and turns or challenges we may face, we must carry forward the CPC\u2019s great founding spirit, and keep in mind that one thrives in adversity and perishes in laxity,\u201d it quoted Xi as saying. \u201cWe ought to have a long-term perspective, be prepared for potential dangers even in times of calm, and maintain strong unity and work hard, to keep driving forward the great cause of national rejuvenation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The dictator boasted that China has a \u201cstable and healthy economy.\u201d The&nbsp;<em>South China Morning Post<\/em> \u2013 not officially a state publication but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/media-telecom\/chinese-government-backed-firm-weighing-up-offer-buy-scmp-alibaba-bloomberg-2021-11-05\/\">owned<\/a> by Chinese government-linked e-commerce megasite Alibaba, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3165313\/hong-kong-transformed-chaos-governance-last-year-xi-jinping\">quoted<\/a> Xi as declaring that China had \u201cmaintained a global leading position in economic development and epidemic prevention and control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/01\/14\/chinas-trade-surplus-hits-annual-record-in-2021-saw-double-digit-growth-in-exports-every-month\/\">released<\/a> its annual data last week finding that it hit a record $676 billion trade surplus in 2021 and exports increased by 30 percent in a year (its surplus increased by 26 percent). Trade volume generally, according to China\u2019s&nbsp;General Administration of Customs (GAC), was about $6 trillion, another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202201\/1246855.shtml\">record<\/a>. The Chinese economy grew 8.1 percent in 2021 as many, struggling to keep afloat amid lockdowns and other economically damaging counter-pandemic measures, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/growth-slows-end-2021-19-countries-euro-82574879\">shrank<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Much of that surplus, according to economics observers and China\u2019s own state media outlets, has been driven by sales of masks, gloves, vaccine products, and other goods deemed necessary thanks to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina has provided the most vaccines in the world over the past year with more than 2 billion doses being sent abroad,\u201d the <em>Global Times&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202201\/1246855.shtml\">detailed<\/a> last week.&nbsp;The country provided about 372 billion face masks, more than 4.2 billion pieces of protective gowns, and 8.4 billion test reagents to the international community as of the end of 2021, data from the National Bureau of Statistics revealed.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19690722\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237781936.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19690722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237781936-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Klaus Schwab listen Chinese President Xi Jinping seen on the TV screen speaking remotely at the opening of the WEF Davos Agenda virtual sessions on January 17, 2022. (FABRICE COFFRINI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Business for Chinese pandemic supplies has not stalled in the face of growing concerns about their quality. China\u2019s KN95 masks, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/business-a-lobbying\/business-a-lobbying\/591370-n95-distribution-plan-could-imperil-small-us-mask\">failed<\/a> to meet American inspection requirements 60 percent of the time, according to a recent study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The administration of President Joe Biden widely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/kn95-masks-distributed-house-members-stamped-made-china\">distributed<\/a> KN95s to member of Congress in mid-January.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing Chinese coronavirus pandemic began in Wuhan, China, in late 2019 as an outbreak of an unknown respiratory ailment. Evidence compiled by intelligence agencies like Taiwan\u2019s and local citizen journalists revealed that the local Communist Party had reason to believe the disease was infectious as early as December 2021, but denied it publicly, resulting in the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/03\/22\/who-covers-for-china-amid-virus-outbreak-not-contagious-among-humans\/\">declaring<\/a> on January 14, 2020, that the novel Chinese coronavirus did not spread through \u201chuman-to-human transmission.\u201d The virus is highly transmissible from human to human and spread rapidly as the Communist Party encouraged international travel and communal activities.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors in the city appeared to disagree early on that the virus was not contagious, resulting in police arresting at least eight people and forcing them to deliver humiliating public apologies for \u201ccrimes\u201d such as advising other doctors and medical staff to wash their hands and wear sanitary masks. One such doctor, Li Wenliang, died about a month after his detention.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chinese President Xi Jinping wants travelers to adopt a global QR code system to help determine their health status and travel &#8220;permissions.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2qS3KeDxhe\">https:\/\/t.co\/2qS3KeDxhe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1331099938013532162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The 34-year-old allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/06\/11\/9-ways-unrelated-wuhan-lab-china-created-pandemic\/\">died<\/a> of a Chinese coronavirus infection and the Chinese government has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/12\/30\/chinese-vent-pandemic-woes-dead-dr-li-wenliang-arrested-coronavirus-warning\/\">coopted<\/a> his memory as a martyr of its cause.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor of Wuhan at the time, Zhou Xianwang, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2020\/01\/27\/wuhan-mayor-admits-five-million-left-before-virus-lockdown\/\">admitted<\/a> in January 2020 that five people people left Wuhan to celebrate the Lunar New Year before China admitted it had an infectious disease on its hands. Zhou\u2019s Wuhan also tried to break a world record for largest banquet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2020\/01\/26\/amid-deadly-virus-outbreak-china-tried-to-hold-worlds-largest-banquet\/\">inviting<\/a> an estimated 130,000 people to dine to celebrate the holiday, eating indoors and family-style. Many of those in attendance were elderly \u201cempty nesters\u201d whose children were abroad and could not return home to celebrate, exposing a population particularly vulnerable to severe coronavirus infections to the disease.<\/p>\n<p>Zhou has since been <a href=\"https:\/\/baike.baidu.com\/item\/%E5%91%A8%E5%85%88%E6%97%BA\/10749316\">promoted<\/a> to a state-wide Party office.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frances Martel on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1643457537105000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3rMpSLiwJWs4NF-Vz61f9a\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1643457537105000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Ofgs2fpjxlvuFpLKYxlnH\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese dictator Xi Jinping welcomed the Lunar New Year in a speech this weekend celebrating China\u2019s \u201cglobal leading position in economic development,\u201d largely attributable to the collapse of rival economies &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1257768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1257768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1257768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1257768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1257768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}