 and persistent malaise that has suppressed China's post-COVID-19 recovery. Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The party is also likely to consider issues of investment in high-tech industries key to national security, as well as funding social welfare for its large aging population. China is also showing aggressive tendencies once again in the South China Sea against its neighbors, the Philippines and Taiwan. National Weather Service issues multiple tornado warnings as wind gusts of over 70 miles an hour moved towards Chicago last night.