China Dares World Powers
- 01-Jul-2021
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President Xi Jinping on Thursday warned that enemies will find themselves on a collision course against a ‘great wall of steel’ if they attempt to bully or influence China. Today, Communist Party of China (CPC) is celebrating 100 years of ruling China.
In an hour-long address at the Tiananmen Square to mark the party’s centenary, he pledged to build 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 Zedong, Xi is the general secretary of the CPC and head of the Central Military Commission.
Referring to the situation 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 in 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 the same 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 in 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 number of people who attended the early morning event at 70,000.
