Covid Defence, "Use Of Force" In Taiwan: Xi Jinping's Top 5 Quotes

President Xi Jinping today kicked off China's five-yearly Communist Party Congress with a wide-ranging speech defending Beijing's zero-Covid approach and reasserting its ambition to absorb Taiwan. Xi...

President Xi Jinping kicked off the five-year Communist Party of China (CPC) congress today with a wide-ranging speech defending Beijing's no-COVID approach and reaffirming its ambition to absorb Taiwan. Xi is also expected to win a historic third term.

Here are the most important quotes from Xi Jinping's title:

1) The situation in Hong Kong has made a major shift from chaos to governance.

2) The solution to the Taiwan issue is a matter for the Chinese people, and it is up to the Chinese people to decide. We insist to strive for peaceful reunification with all sincerity and make every effort,

But we will never undertake to renounce the use of force and we reserve the option to take all necessary measures.

3) The fight against corruption has achieved a landslide victory and has been comprehensively strengthened, eliminating grave potential dangers within the party, the state and the military.

4) China resolutely opposes all forms of hegemony and power politics, opposes the Cold War mentality, opposes interference in other countries' domestic politics, and opposes double standards.

5) The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is a very important conference that is being held at a critical moment.

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