Xi Jinping says it’s normal for people to hold different views

A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.

Dear reader,

Happy new year!

Xรญ Jรฌnpรญng ไน ่ฟ‘ๅนณ celebrated with his customary December 31 speech, which was broadcast on all major state media TV channels, and online.

You can read a translation or watch all 13 minutes of it on video via Ginger River Review, an English newsletter by Xinhua journalist Jiฤng Jiฤng ๅงœ, or read an interpretation of Xiโ€™s words โ€” and the photos and books on display behind him โ€” in this Twitter thread from scholar Wen-Ti Sung (ๅฎ‹ๆ–‡็ฌ› Sรฒng Wรฉndรญ).

As Sung points out, the speech strikes a slightly softer tone on Taiwan than Xiโ€™s 2021 address, and notably, Xi nods at Chinaโ€™s anti-lockdown protests, saying:

China is big. It is normal for different people to have different concerns or hold different views on the same issue, and consensus must be built through communication and consultation.

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This provides our word of the day:

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