Speaking on national television from behind a desk in a wood-paneled office, Xi largely avoided directly addressing issues confronting the country, pointing instead to successes in agricultural production, poverty elimination and its hosting of the Winter Olympics in February.
However, he later turned somewhat obliquely to the challenges facing the world’s most populous country and second-largest economy, saying, “The world is not at peace.”
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China will “always steadfastly advocate for peace and development and unswervingly stands on the right side of history,” he said.
Recent weeks have seen street protests against Xi’s government, the first facing the ruling Communist Party in more than three decades.
