In an hour-long address at the Tiananmen Square to mark the party’s centenary, Xi, pledged to create up China’s military and said Beijing was committed to the “reunification” of Taiwan, a self-ruled democracy that China considers a breakaway region.
Considered to be China’s most powerful leader since Mao , Xi is that the general secretary of the CPC and head of the Central commission .
Referring to things in Hong Kong , Xi, wearing Mao-style gray suit and flanked by past and current CPC leadership, said social stability would be ensured there while protecting China’s security and sovereignty.
Xi’s speech comes within the backdrop of mounting international criticism against China on alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang and Tibet, an ongoing crackdown in Hong Kong and what western countries perceive as Beijing’s deliberate obfuscation of the Covid-19 pandemic’s origin.
At an equivalent time, China has also been successful in controlling the Covid-19 outbreak domestically and its economy is recovering rapidly, giving Beijing more confidence to be assertive globally and within the region.
That confidence showed in Xi’s defiant speech, delivered to a choreographed and punctuated applause from a packed, flag-waving audience.
Chinese state media put the amount of individuals who attended the first morning event at 70,000.
Minutes before his speech, 71 military aircraft staged a fly-past above the historic Tiananmen Square with crowds feverishly making telephone videos amid some raucous cheering.
Helicopters flew within the formation of “100”, representing the 100 years of the CPC. It also involved J-20 stealth fighters and Z-8 heavy lift helicopters, which flew past carrying the party flag.
A particularly loud round of cheering rippled through the gang when Xi mentioned the “great wall of steel”.
“We Chinese are nation who uphold justice and aren't intimidated by threats of force. As a nation, we've a robust sense of pride and confidence. we've never bullied, oppressed, or subjugated the people of the other country, and that we never will. By an equivalent token, we'll never allow any foreign force to bully, oppress, or subjugate us. Anyone who would plan to do so will find themselves on a collision course with an excellent wall of steel forged by over 1.4 billion Chinese people.”
China, he said, welcomes helpful suggestions but won't accept sanctimonious preaching. “We are wanting to learn what lessons we will from the achievements of other cultures, and welcome helpful suggestions and constructive criticism. we'll not, however, accept sanctimonious preaching from those that feel they need the proper to lecture us,” he said.
Xi said China maintains an “unshakeable commitment” to unification with Taiwan: “No one should underestimate the resolve, the desire and skill of the Chinese people to defend their national sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
“The people of China aren't only good at destroying the old world, they need also created a replacement world,” said Xi, adding: “Only socialism can save China.”
Resolving the Taiwan question and realising China’s complete “reunification” is an “unswerving historical task” of the party, the Chinese president said.
“All sons and daughters of China, including compatriots on each side of the Taiwan Strait, must work together and move forward in solidarity, resolutely smashing any ‘Taiwan independence’ plots,” he said.
“We are now marching in confident strides toward the second centenary goal of building China into an excellent modern socialist country altogether respects,” Xi said.
