Won’t cede even an inch of land, ready for bloody battle: Xi

His remarks, which echoed those in his speech at the CCP’s 19th national congress last October, come at a time when the U.S., in its national security strategy published late past year, took a hawkish stance towards China.

Days after President Donald Trump signed new rules allowing top-level United States officials to travel to Taiwan, Xi warned that Beijing would defend its “one China principle”, which sees the self-ruling island as its territory awaiting reunification.

Besides the border dispute with India, China claims rights over the disputed islands in East China Sea under the control of Japan and vast stretches of the South China Sea (SCS) where it is firmly asserting its control.

That increases the potential for provocative, unsafe actions, he said, possibly drawing in the USA which is legally bound to respond to threats against Taiwan.

“China wants to build a community with a shared future for mankind, promote economic globalisation and free trade, promote connectivity under the Belt and Road Initiative and promote the win-win cooperation”, said Xi.

The Chinese president did not mention the U.S.in an important political address Tuesday, one of his first since stripping away term limits and clearing the path for his long-term rule.

When he became the general secretary of the CPC Central Committee in 2012, Xi brought up the idea of the “Chinese Dream” for the first time.

The pushing of Premier Li Keqiang to one side will not seem odd to China watchers, who have seen an already powerful Xi Jinping becoming virtually untouchable at this Congress.

“China’s economy has been so integrated with the world’s, that closing China’s door would mean blocking our way for development”, he said.

China’s parliament saw dissenting votes sink to their lowest level in more than a decade as Xi Jinping began his second term as president.

In his speech, Xi stressed the importance of reforming China’s military and the absolute power of the Communist Party over the country.

In the speech Xi indicated that he is keen to spread his “Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” worldwide as an alternative of Western values based on capitalism.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday talked over the telephone and pledged to deepen bilateral ties and promote mutual trust. That move ensures his place as the country’s unquestioned political supremo in a world where China’s reach is now extending further than ever before and rival superpower the United States is taking a back seat. And at that time, the Chinese economy did not have any impact on global markets, he said.

“All acts and tricks to separate the country are doomed to fail and will be condemned by the people and punished by history”, Xi told almost 3,000 delegates assembled at the Great Hall of the People facing Tiananmen Square.

It may be known that China fears secession by Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Inside China, Mr. Xi is determined to achieve what he terms “national rejuvenation”; even the country’s newest bullet trains are named “rejuvenation”, a revealing change in name from previous generations dubbed “harmony”. “These separatist actions will be met with the condemnation of the people and punishment of the history”. Although Tsai has said she is committed to maintaining peace, Chinese leaders still suspect that she will advocate for separation.

Besides Taiwan, China brands Tibet’s exiled Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama as “splitist”.

“We are having a favourable development environment that was unimaginable before, but we are also facing unprecedented difficulties and challenges”, he said.

“All acts and tricks to separate the country are doomed to fail and will be condemned by the people and punished by history”.

“China will not develop its own country at the expense of others”, he said.

“It would be a misunderstanding to interpret China playing such a role with seeking strategic expansion”.