In the political report he presented at the opening of the XXe Chinese Communist Party Congress (CCP) [le 16 octobre], President Xi Jinping has advanced arguments galore to justify giving him a third term of five years, an exceptional fact. He had no qualms about awarding himself and his party a thumbs up for the fine work accomplished during his ten years in power, whether in terms of the economy and the environment, the fight against the Covid-19 and against corruption, modernization of the army and sinicization of Marxism, and finally for having allowed the country to move from poverty to a certain prosperity.
However, it is also clear that he wanted to put the Chinese in “state of crisis” mode, painting a picture of a dangerous and unstable outside world, which targets China. A disguised way of making them understand that the country needs a strong leader, who will put security at the top of the list of priorities and know how to steer them through rough seas. In the full text of his statement given to journalists at the end of his speech on Sunday, Xi Jinping does not hesitate to describe a country facing “radical changes on the international scene, including external attempts to blackmail China, contain its action, subject it to a blockade and exert maximum pressure on it”.
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