Troubles aside, Xi says China on ‘right side of history’


              In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a New Year address in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. China "stands on the right side of history," the country's leader Xi Jinping said Saturday in a New Year's address that came as questions swirl over his government's handling of COVID-19 and economic and political challenges at home and abroad. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via AP)
            
              An elderly patient is pushed along a corridor of the emergency ward at a hospital in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. China is on a bumpy road back to normal life as schools, shopping malls and restaurants fill up again with the easing of COVID-19 restriction. The abrupt end to testing and other measures came as hospitals were swamped with feverish, wheezing COVID-19 patients (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
            
              In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency Leaders of the Communist Party of China including Chinese President Xi Jinping, center and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, third from right attend the New Year gathering organized by the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. (Li Xueren/Xinhua via AP)
            
              In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the New Year gathering organized by the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. (Zhang Ling/Xinhua via AP)
Troubles aside, Xi says China on ‘right side of history’