China’s Xi hails nation’s technological progress and renews promise to take back Taiwan
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday praised his country’s technological progress in areas such as: artificial intelligence and semiconductors, while once again insisting that his country annex self-governing Taiwan.
In his New Year’s Eve speech broadcast on state media on Wednesday evening, Xi praised the country’s advances in key sectors, including military technology and space exploration. As he spoke, images appeared on the screen, from humanoid robots doing kung fu to new hydroelectric projects.
“We have tried to stimulate high-quality development through innovation,” Xi said, while thanking the Chinese people for contributing to the country’s economic growth in the past five years.
China plans its economic development in five-year periods and is preparing to discuss its goals. new five year plan At the legislative session to be held in March.
As the United States imposes increasingly stringent controls on access to semiconductors and other high-tech products, the country is poised to accelerate self-reliance in science and technology.
Xi also praised the country’s growing importance on the world stage, listing the high-level political events and exchanges it hosted in the past year.
On Taiwan, a self-governing democracy that China views as sovereign territory, Xi reiterated Beijing’s intention to annex.
“There are ties of blood and kinship between Chinese people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait,” he said. “The trend of the time, the reunification of our homeland, cannot be stopped.”
Made in China this week two days military exercise Rockets are being launched and planes and warships are being dispatched around Taiwan in response to a planned US arms sale to the island.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te condemned the drills but said his territory would act responsibly by neither escalating conflict nor provoking disputes.
