SHANGHAI -- At a national science award ceremony in Beijing on June 24, President Xi Jinping rattled off a list of China's technological achievements, striking an upbeat tone despite spiraling economic challenges.
Chinese Communist Party officials are expected to accelerate a push toward President Xi Jinping's goal of technological self-sufficiency by 2035 when they convene this month for a long-awaited meeting known as the third plenum. © Nikkei montage/Source photos by Getty Images
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