The Chinese president locked in Beijing’s policies as he prepares to begin a precedent-breaking third term in power. | ErykBagshaw
Xi Jinping has vowed to continue China’s “all-out war” against COVID-19, warned that Beijing would not renounce the use of force to take over Taiwan, laid the groundwork for radical income redistribution from China’s elite, and elevated his own political theory alongside revolutionary leader Mao Zedong.
“We have protected people’s health and safety to the greatest extent possible and made tremendous and encouraging achievements in both epidemic response and economic and social development,” Xi said. Xi said China would press ahead with its new development economic policy – which began in earnest last year with crackdowns on the profitable technology, entertainment and property industries – as he implements his vision for “common prosperity”. The policy will see the Chinese government shift from a focus on wealth generation towards dividing up the proceeds of capital as Xi pushes China towards its next stage of socialist development and positions himself as its icon.
Xie Chuntao, a professor at the Party School of the Central Committee, said the Party Congress came at a “critical time” for China as it looks to become the world’s first advanced socialist economy by 2049 – the centenary of the founding of Mao’s People’s Republic of China.“We are now marching towards the second centenary goals,” he said, adding that the selection of the next crop of delegates would be crucial.
The Chinese President said the future of Taiwan must be “decided by the Chinese” but did not set a deadline for unification with the democratic island which China claims as its own. Just 6.5 per cent of Taiwanese support unification with the mainland according to a September poll by the National Chengchi University in Taipei.
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