BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top leaders admitted Thursday that the world's No. 2 economy was facing new "problems" and vowed to resolve a long-running crisis in the housing sector.

Beijing has this week unveiled a raft of measures to boost its ailing economy, which it has targeted to grow 5 percent this year — an objective analysts say is optimistic given the many headwinds it faces.

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