“Development is the priority of priorities”: this is a formula particularly familiar to the ears of the Chinese, describes the editorialist of Lianhe Zaobao. “CHowever, some analysts believe it could be relegated to the history books after the 20e National Congress of the Communist Party of China” which opens October 16.
The Singaporean newspaper quotes an analysis of the American media Bloomberg that CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping may abandon the expression “development is the first priority” for the formula “the integration of development and security”. In order to “consolidating China’s historic policy change”.
Bloomberg counted the number of times the words “economic development” et “national security” were used by Xi Jinping in the speeches he delivered between 2012 and 2021. The media found a