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31.12.2024

31.12.2024The Year's Last Speech

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This page is an archive of main headlines from China for 31.12.2024.

It displays 85 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.

31.12.2024The Year's Last Speech
State media coordinated extensive coverage of Xi's New Year's tea party and upcoming 2025 address, following a pattern similar to previous years' end-of-year messaging. Morning reports centered on factory activity data showing continued expansion, while highlighting complications in export markets.

Economic coverage revealed the central bank's significant December interventions: 1.4 trillion yuan in reverse repos and 300 billion yuan in net bond purchases. The yuan approached 7.3 against the dollar, prompting discussion of stabilization measures for 2025.

Xi and Putin's mutual New Year greetings received synchronized coverage across state outlets. A report on Taiwan tensions projected increased pressure in 2025 while downplaying war risks. Late morning coverage shifted to China's sixth-generation stealth fighter standards and social stability measures through festive handouts, while state media maintained focus on Xi's economic confidence messaging.
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05:37Xi-Putin New Year Exchange

The newspapers report extensively on Xi and Putin's New Year greetings exchange (Global Times, Xinhua, People's Daily, China Economic Net, Guangming Daily). A notable social development emerges from Taiwan, where transgender teacher Huang Mingzhen received a top education award, marking shifting attitudes over two decades (BBC Chinese). Economic coverage focuses on difficulties in implementing securities class action lawsuits (Caixin) and policies aimed at stabilizing the yuan in 2025 (China Daily).
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09:53Xi's Tea Party While Knockoff-Busters Turn Rogue

The newspapers report on Xi's New Year activities, with state media covering his tea party speech and meetings with retired officials (Beijing Daily, China Economic Net, China Daily, Guangming Daily). New developments include China's denial of involvement in the US Treasury hack (SCMP) and a report on fraud-busters turning to extortion in knockoff cases (Caixin Global). Hong Kong projects cruise tourism recovery by 2026 (HKFP).
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11:21Xi's New Year While Banks Pour Cash

The newspapers extensively report on Xi's 2025 New Year message delivery (Beijing Daily, China Military Online, People's Daily, Global Times, Xinhua). New developments include the central bank's 1.4 trillion yuan reverse repo operations and 300 billion yuan net bond purchases in December (Caixin Chinese), while Thai central bank's chief discusses rate cuts and fintech innovation (Caixin Global). SCMP reports on government's use of festive handouts to maintain social stability.
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14:16Yuan Nears 7.3 While Xi Charts 2025

The newspapers extensively report on Xi's 2025 New Year address (Beijing Daily, CCTV, China Daily, Global Times, Xinhua, People's Daily), emphasizing confidence and hard work themes. New developments include the yuan approaching 7.3 against the dollar (Caixin Chinese), while tourism data shows progress in attracting foreign visitors, though still below pre-pandemic levels (SCMP). VOA Chinese provides analysis of seven major trends expected for China in 2025.
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