Xi Jinping's Speech to Party Delegates

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China's leader Xi Jinping yesterday delivered a speech to thousands of clapping party delegates. They're in Beijing this week from all over the country to attend a crucial Communist Party Congress. He repeated Beijing's plan to unify with Taiwan peacefully, but he refused to denounce the use of force. This Congress is also when new leaders ascend to power, and on Xi's agenda, a plan to have himself be appointed for a third five-year term.

China’s leader Xi Jinping is set to begin his third-consecutive five-year term, and the UK’s Jeremy Hunt starts his first full week as the country’s latest chancellor of the Exchequer. Plus, the US Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate hikes are boosting US banks’ bottom lines.

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