• Chinese leader Xi Jinping, poised to seize a third term in complete control of his nation, signaled a pending move on Taiwan and did a victory lap over Bejing’s defeat of Hong Kong’s democracy.
• The 69-year-old Xi, who became the head of the Chinese Communist Party 10 years ago, struck a stridently nationalistic tone at the opening of the 20^th Party Congress.
• “The wheels of history are rolling on towards China’s reunification and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,” Xi said in the two-hour speech. “Complete reunification of our country must be realized.”

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