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The time for China’s rise has come, security chief tells law enforcers
- Chen Yixin expands on Xi Jinping speech, saying international momentum is on the country’s side
- US and coronavirus pandemic are major challenges that China can meet, Chen says
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A Chinese Communist Party official responsible for the country’s security apparatus has told law enforcers that the time for China’s rise has come but the struggle with the US will be a “long protracted battle”.
Chen Yixin, secretary general of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission – the top agency in charge of law enforcement – said at a study session on Monday that while the world was at a turbulent time, the global environment was to China’s advantage.
The session was held to study a speech President Xi Jinping made last week in which he said “time and momentum was on China’s side” in terms of global geopolitical changes. Monday’s session was attended by senior commission members who are expected to pass the message on to the rank and file.
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“The rise of China is a major variable [of the world today] ... while the rise of the East and the decline of the West has become [a global] trend and changes of the international landscape are in our favour,” Chen was quoted as saying in a report published on the commission’s website.
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“The US suppression [of us] is a major threat but [our struggle with the US] is both a skirmish and a protracted war.”
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