Xi Asks Minorities to Unite 'Like Steel' under CPC; Lauds Guangxi's Achievements, Avoids Xinjiang

Xi Jinping on Monday lauded the Communist Party of China (CPC) for the role it played in alleviating poverty in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region but made no mention of the Xinjiang province where a sizable amount of people live in poverty. The Chinese President attended a group discussion where delegates from Guangxi sat with Xi to discuss the steps the province took to lift itself from poverty via economic reforms and how 'speak volumes for the success of the Party's ethnic policies'. He further went on to say that Guangxi's success borne out of steps taken by the…