(Ling Media / Comprehensive Foreign News Report) Chinese President Xi Jinping read the report at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on the morning of the 16th. Ming Pao in Hong Kong compared the full 72-page version of the report and found that Xi Jinping read the contents of the oral version in 1 hour and 45 minutes, half of a paper report. When it comes to matters relating to Taiwan, the full version of the report mentions “a peaceful reunification, one country, two systems”, as well as the one China principle and the “1992 consensus” which were not included in the reading.
“Ming Pao” reported that at the 19th National Congress, Xi Jinping mentioned the “1992 Consensus” four times in his over three-hour report to the congress. Song Wenti, a political scientist at Australian National University’s Taiwan Studies Program, told CNN in an interview that Xi’s decision to mention the Taiwan issue in his oral speech was different from previous speeches, conveying urgency. to make progress on the Taiwan issue.
In an interview with the Central News Agency, Taiwan-related Chinese scholar Bao Chengke said the Taiwan-related content of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China repeatedly stressed unity, which is different from the “six non allowed “mentioned in the report of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. To take the initiative and regain the right to serve, it is no longer just seeing what the Taiwanese authorities have done to respond. It is quite obvious to turn passive into active.This is also China’s self-confidence in practicing national rejuvenation.
Yu Jie, senior researcher on China issues in the Asia-Pacific program at Chatham House, a British think tank, pointed out to Reuters that in addition to the use of “peaceful reunification” in Xi Jinping’s speech on Taiwan, he also added ideas. more hawkish Phrases such as “Never commit yourself to give up the use of force, reserve the possibility to take all necessary measures”. Xi Jinping said that “resolving the Taiwan issue is the business of the Chinese people”, in order to warn the United States and other Western countries that it is seen as interference in Taiwan’s affairs.
Lu Xi, assistant professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, analyzed that at a time when China’s economic difficulties are on the rise and confidence in the private economy is frustrated, the market is expects Xi Jinping to play a role in supporting economic development, loosening industry controls and adjusting epidemic prevention measures, but it does not appear in the report at all.
Chen Zhiwu, a professor of finance at the University of Hong Kong, told Reuters: “From the 14th to the 19th National Congress, economic development was clearly defined as the party’s main mission, but Xi Jinping’s speech at the 20th National Congress no longer places emphasis on economic development and economic reform. The emphasis is instead on “comprehensive” and “comprehensive” development. In other words, not only economic development, but the party will also be engaged in political development , social, environmental and cultural “.
“Although Xi Jinping’s speech at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CCP) is fair enough, this speech is much shorter than five years ago, as opposed to five years ago,” John Delury, professor of Chinese studies at Seoul’s Yonsei University Institute of International Studies, said in an interview with Reuters. Xi Jinping is entering uncharted territory at this convention, a supreme and timeless rule. “Saying that the party has the best interests of the people in mind and the central concept to convey in this speech is security. Mao Zedong promised the change of people, Deng Xiaoping promised prosperity and Xi Jinping promised to keep them safe.
