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WASHINGTON - Chinese leader Xi Jinping is unwilling to accept Western vaccines despite the challenges China is facing with Covid-19, and while recent protests there are not a threat to Communist Party rule, they could affect his personal standing, US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said on Saturday. Although China’s daily Covid-19 cases are near all-time highs, some cities are taking steps to loosen testing and quarantine rules after Mr Xi’s zero-Covid-19 policy triggered a sharp economic slowdown and public unrest. Ms Haines, speaking at the annual Reagan National Defence Forum in California, said that despite the social and...