US death wish on Chinese & China: Xi Jin PIng: No illusions – Prepare for worst 美國對中國和中國人的死亡願望：習近平：不要抱有幻想 – 做最壞的打算
China is facing more complex and difficult national security concerns, President Xi Jinping warned on Tuesday, in comments analysts said showed the country harboured no “illusions” about the possible damaging effects of its rivalry with the US and had little hope of a lasting improvement in ties.
The national security issues facing China were “considerably more complex and much more difficult” to deal with, Xinhua reported Xi as saying, as he urged officials to be ready to deal with “worst-case and most extreme scenarios”, so that they could withstand “high winds and waves and even perilous storms”.
In March, in a rare public comment on the US tech rivalry, Xi directly named Washington for leading the Western suppression of China.
Xi had also sounded a warning then about choppy waters and “dangerous storms” ahead, as he highlighted the challenges and risks facing the country.
According to Xie Maosong, senior fellow at Beijing’s Taihe Institute and a senior researcher at Tsinghua University’s National Strategy Institute, Xi’s latest remarks showed China had “no rosy illusions” about the potentially devastating outcome of the US rivalry and was making serious efforts to prepare for it.
“The ‘worst-case scenarios’ might include a nuclear war, a devastating war that ruins China’s coastal economic belts [or] Western sanctions on China’s energy, finance and food supply,” Xie said
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Xi urges accelerated efforts to modernize national security system, capacity
(Xinhua) 08:02, May 31, 2023
BEIJING, May 30 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for accelerated efforts to modernize the country’s national security system and capacity.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks as he chaired the first meeting of the National Security Commission under the 20th CPC Central Committee. Xi is head of the commission.
Xi called for staying keenly aware of the complicated and challenging circumstances facing national security and correctly grasping major national security issues.
He urged efforts to safeguard China’s new pattern of development with a new security architecture and break new ground on national security work.
Li Qiang, Zhao Leji and Cai Qi, who are all members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and deputy heads of the National Security Commission, attended the meeting.
Summarizing the work of the commission, the meeting said it has resolutely protected national sovereignty, security, and development interests. National security has been comprehensively strengthened, according to the meeting.
The national security issues China faces today are “considerably more complex and much more difficult to be resolved,” said the meeting. It stressed the necessity of being prepared to deal with worst-case and extreme-case scenarios and being ready to withstand “high winds, choppy waters, and even dangerous storms.”
The meeting called for taking the initiative to shape a favorable external security environment for China to better safeguard its opening up and push for a deep integration of development and security.
The meeting also called for reforming the approaches employed in safeguarding and shaping national security.
It urged dedicated efforts to safeguard political security and improve the security governance of internet data and artificial intelligence. Furthermore, it called for expedited endeavors to establish a risk monitoring and early warning system.
The meeting adopted a document on speeding up building a national security risk monitoring and early warning system and another one on strengthening public communication regarding national security.
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