White House Declines to Comment on Chinese Leader Xi Jinping’s Anticipated Third Term

White House Declines to Comment on Chinese Leader Xi Jinping’s Anticipated Third Term
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily news briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on Oct. 19, 2022. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Sophia Lam
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The White House wouldn’t comment on either the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) head Xi Jinping’s anticipated third tenure or his speech delivered on Oct. 16, the opening day of the 5-year national congress.

“I don’t want to comment from here on any internal political process of other countries,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at the press briefing on Oct. 17, when asked by reporters to comment on Xi’s speech and his highly likely third term.