of mao without reservation.ollows him in the way he governs the party. the cult of personality is very mao style. reporter: now as the twice a decade congress party nears, xi is a step closer to emulating his political hero. he has paved the way for his historic third five-year term as leader. xi's quest for power could extend well beyond that with many political analysts belief, like mao, he intends to rule for life. but it comes as the country faces mounting challenges under the 69-year-old's leadership. ongoing and frequent lockdowns across the country under his zero policy on covid have taken a heavy toll. the growth report is its weakest in nearly four decades, at 3.2%, excludinghe financial crisis in 2020. earlier this year, there were warnings against criticism of the government's covid policies. this covid testing booth was spotted recently sprayed with graffiti saying give me freedom or give me death. alfred wu is an associate professor at the national university of singapore. >> lots of people were loc

is this like mao's little red _ daily basis. is this like mao's little red book? _ daily basis. like mao's little red book? yeah. it- daily basis. is this like mao's little red book? yeah. it is. daily basis. is this like mao's little red book? yeah. it is aj daily basis. is this like mao's - little red book? yeah. it is a much different china _ little red book? yeah. it is a much different china from _ little red book? yeah. it is a much different china from that _ little red book? yeah. it is a much different china from that time - little red book? yeah. it is a much different china from that time but| different china from that time but we are seeing echoes of that era replayed again. we are seeing echoes of that era replayed again-— replayed again. what should be exected replayed again. what should be expected this — replayed again. what should be expected this weekend? - replayed again. what should be expected this weekend? he - replayed again. what should be - expected this weekend? he presumably has to give a speech. he's not going to say, right, i'm in charge again, it is

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alongside mao zedong and is considered a _ allowance alongside mao zedong and is considered a foundingidered a founding father— and is considered a founding father of— and is considered a founding father of the people's republic of china — father of the people's republic of china but when it xi jinping was nine _ of china but when it xi jinping was nine years old his dad was purged — was nine years old his dad was purged and xi jinping became at - was_ purged and xi jinping became at — was labelled a counterrevolutionary — and mao zedong's— counterrevolutionary — and mao zedong's red guards attacked them — zedong's red guards attacked them. he was given five minutes to live _ them. he was given five minutes to live and — them. he was given five minutes to live and then he was sent like — to live and then he was sent like millions of other chinese of his— like millions of other chinese of his generation to the countryside. xi of his generation to the countryside.- of his generation to the count side. , , countryside. xijinping lived in a cave — countryside. xijinping lived in a cave in

this book, i things that you can compare is from the restroom in north korea, south korea or china at mao's time and china our vendors say that in the problem of the socialist, this they compare their utopia yeah their idea with reality and i think this is not fair it would be the same as i compare your real life marriage with a laugh novel you would say it's fair piece compared to the marriage of our friends. and so i think this is my approach as a historian to compare things and countries that you can compare, for example, east-west trauma, the same culture, the same language, the same history, but different economic systems with a quite different outcome. this is one example. do you think china is a capitalist country today? no, of course it's not a pure capitalist country. but even the united states is not a pure capitalist. you have nowhere in the world socialism or pure capitalism. we have always a mixture and i compared from the tests to you mentioned a test tube with two ingredients market state or capitalism socialism. and then i look what happens if you add small market as people

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at the top, china's president xi will have a third term in power, the first to do so since chairman mao. and, one of brazil's most prominent indigenous leaders warns there'll be further damage to the amazon rainforest, if president bolsonaro is re—elected. welcome to the programme, we begin in london. borisjohnson has announced that he will not stand in the contest to choose the next conservative leader, and prime minister. he insisted he had enough support among mps, but said that putting himself forward was "not the right thing to do". nominations close on monday afternoon, with former chancellor rishi sunak and cabinet minister penny mordaunt the only declared candidates. our political editor, chris mason, has been following the day's developments. are you running for the leadership, mr sunak? could september's loser be october's prime minister? rishi sunak is a step closer to downing street tonight, beaten by liz truss just weeks ago, he could replace her as soon as tomorrow. declaring his candidacy today, he wrote: he also felt the need to say: throughout the day, the public suppor

, but he cannot understand why mao does not see how much depends on normal relations between the ussrhe usa. moreover, the soviet union is a very good friend of the chinese people. china has been given an unprecedented billion-dollar loan. and soviet specialists building factories, factories and railways they practically create china’s industry from scratch relations were truly friendly, there are even negotiations that the soviet union will soon give china a sample of a nuclear bomb, and it is khrushchev mao who is the initiator of this royal gift and is very dissatisfied with khrushchev ’s reforms within the country recently. he often says that khrushchev is ruining stalin's cause, that he is blinded by greed and ideologically weak, the chinese leader believes that the soviet union with its dubious non-communist reforms the time has come to move and release the pedestal for china, as for the flagship of world communism , the mouse behaves more and more, causing an atomic war rants maug will be good because it will end capitalism, even if half of humanity perishes in this war. but th

at the top, china's president xi will have a third term in power, the first to do so since chairman mao. and, one of brazil's most prominent indigenous leaders warns there'll be further damage to the amazon rainforest, if president bolsonaro is re—elected. britain's former prime minister, borisjohnson, says he will not stand in the contest to choose the next leader of the conservative party and therefore prime minister. nominations close on monday afternoon, with the former chancellor, the uk's finance minister, rishi sunak and cabinet minister penny mordaunt the candidates who've decla red they�* re running. our political editor, chris mason, has this report. are you running for the leadership, mr sunak? could september's loser be october's prime minister? rishi sunak is a step closer to downing street tonight, beaten by liz truss just weeks ago, he could replace her as soon as tomorrow. declaring his candidacy today, he wrote: he also felt the need to say: throughout the day, the public support for mr sunak among tory mps has continued to tick up. this minister reckons borisjohnson wo

at the top, china's president xi will have a third term in power, the first to do so since chairman mao. and, one of brazil's most prominent indigenous leaders warns there'll be further damage to the amazon rainforest, if president bolsonaro is re—elected. welcome to the programme. we begin in here in the uk, where borisjohnson has announced that he will not stand in the contest to choose the next conservative leader, and prime minister. despite saying he thought there was a good chance he could be backin was a good chance he could be back in downing street next friday he said he thought he could not unite his party. nominations close on monday afternoon, with the former chancellor rishi sunak and cabinet minister penny mordaunt the only declared candidates. our political editor, chris mason, has been following the day's developments. are you running for the leadership, mr sunak? could september's loser be october's prime minister? rishi sunak is a step closer to downing street tonight, beaten by liz truss just weeks ago, he could replace her as soon as tomorrow. declaring his candidacy

mao's death drove the country into a u-turn. to get rich is glorious, he said.en market inviting the world to invest. deng unshackled the chinese economy but not the chinese people. in 1989 when thousands protested in and around tiananmen square the troops crushed them. it's a history still denied by beijing and one which the successor struggled to live down. the flamboyant maintained the economic reforms ushering an age of break neck growth and joining the world trade organization and also weathered criticism on china's human rights record. the coming out as an economic juggernaut took place during the next ruling, usually stoic welcomed the world to beijing in 2008 for the olympic games. who oversaw china's continuing economic success? while many around the world hopes that with greater wealth would come greater freedom, but as xi jinping's china hosted his own beijing olympics earlier this year the open china many had hoped for now all but forgotten. son of a communist dynasty xi and his brand of nationalism pit china once again against the west with tensions

the top — china's president xi will have a third term in power — the first to do so since chairman mao brazil's most prominent indigenous leaders warns that there'll be further damage to the amazon rainforest, if president bolsonaro is re—elected. live from our studio in singapore — this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore, and ”pm in london — ——it�*s 6am in singapore, and ”pm in london — where the former uk prime minister, borisjohnson, has said he won't stand in the race to replace liz truss next week. he said will not run, despite claiming to have enough mps nominating him. inset 0n)it leaves the way clear for the former it leaves the way clear for the former chancellor rishi sunak, who today formally entered in the statement he says... it leaves the way clear for the former chancellor rishi sunak, who today formally entered the contest, and who is presently the clear frontrunner. he joins the leader of the commons penny mourdant in the race. rishi sunak has tweeted after boris jonnson made that announcement, he says... he added... damien has been following the story an

in some sense, the crime of mao, he sees himself in the next mao, he sees the solution to the problemschina in the mao style, he definitely chose the path of totalization, and laughing systems, authoritarian such systems, traditional systems in china, he decided to return to some kind of comeback. do everything on this background, of course. this is, uh, baby, and the inheritance here is very, very impressive , nevertheless, nevertheless, this is what he said at this congress in his speeches. he declared that bipolar peace is already here. here is what moscow declared. and many polarities of the world will help. the direct line is not washington ’s sent border, it’s moscow. send it correctly, dear friends. you are very dependent on us for the territory, so you arranged this whole nonsense , which led, of course, directly, but also to problems in the economy. in china itself, it is known that there is a decline in growth and the economy, including due to the fact that, well, the crisis is common, unlike putin, there are no fools. why stick in the chinese flag , give eastern siberia, tra

crime, he sees himself in the next mao , he sees the solution to the problems facing china in the maotyle, he definitely chose the path of totalization, and laughing systems, authoritarian systems, such a traditional system in china, he decided to return to some kind of comeback, and on this background, of course everything this is eh baby and the inheritance here is very, very impressive, nevertheless, nevertheless, this is what he said at this congress. she stated that there is a lot of polarity in the world, but it is not a direct message from washington. send it to moscow . send it correctly, dear friends . in china itself, it is known that there is a decline in the growth of the economy, including due to the fact that, well, the crisis is common, unlike putin, there are no fools. why stick in the chinese flag, give eastern siberia, transbaikalia, the far east, and we influence china, the giant, well, to give an end, but in the sense that there will already be a half-chinese administration there will be under control, there will be a dual system of control from moscow and spekin,

it will be a huge signal he is the premier leader, on par with mao zedong in chinese history.ich will be revised by the end of the week is not the chinese state constitution. it's a statement of its own missions and goals. you know, you at bbc might have a mission statement. this is a mission statement, this is the vision of the communist party of china and we'll be hearing about it in two hours. britain's new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has indicated there'll be major changes to liz truss' entire economic strategy. in a round of interviews with broadcasters on saturday, mr hunt said mistakes had been made by the government and warned of what he called "very difficult decisions" ahead. he suggested taxes could rise to help restore market confidence, and also talked about spending cuts. mr hunt was appointed after the prime minister sacked his predecessor, kwasi kwarteng. here's our political correspondent, ben wright. congratulations, mr chancellor! the fourth chancellor in as many months. jeremy hunt'sjob now is to try and urgently calm financial markets. he has just two weeks t

. >> he patterns mao in the way he governs the party.lity. judy: and, it is friday. we weigh in on the january 6

mao zedong wants to become the same authoritarian figure.ation, which, unfortunately, western colleagues are now sinning, because the demonization of the opponent does not allow us to understand key things. after all, mao zedong became famous in chinese history, he appreciates it. not for the fact that he staged a cultural revolution is not because he staged the great leap forward with the ensuing famine, he is appreciated for being the first. e already in people's china came to the realization that someone else's experience in china is not suitable, neither western nor soviet in the mid-fifties began to think about how to move their own way. but i know before the formula was different in china. but don is right, there is 70% wrong at 30. but it was moving. right now there is some proportion, of course, well, first of all. in the rightness of a daypin now, uh, there is no doubt about it, and then this formula is really very significant, you can say so. they are a couple of words, because in fact, this is a direct continuation of what we just

understand why mao does not see how much depends on normal relations between the ussr and the usa.union is a very good friend of the chinese people. china has been granted an unheard-of billion dollar loan. and soviet specialists building factories, factories and railways practically create china's industry from scratch relations were truly friendly, there are even negotiations that the soviet union will soon transfer a sample of a nuclear bomb to china, and the initiator of this royal gift is it is khrushchev mau who is very dissatisfied with khrushchev ’s reforms within the country in recent years, he often says that khrushchev is ruining stalin’s cause, that he is blinded by greed and ideologically weak , the chinese leader believes that the time has come for the soviet union with its dubious non-communist reforms to move and liberate the pedestal for china as the flagship of world communism is behaving more and more relevant, causing the nuclear war rants. mau will be good, because she will end capitalism, even if half of humanity perishes in this war. but the remaining half wi

mao's worldview xi more complex. than a worldview.tic pragmatism. well, to summarize, then, according to kevin glad xi jinping ended the era of densioping, and began a new era that has a number. taxes, and with the mao period zedong, but of course not quite. e period. mao zedong is still much more pragmatic although kevin is happy to believe that the role of ideology, the role of party control has increased significantly. uh, that's how much this assessment that kevin stated is glad to correspond to reality, the covenrant is certainly a very authoritative sinologist in his opinion, of course, you need to know to understand, but i note that this is a quote. she is not free, again, from this desire. ah, to show china as some kind of scarecrow, like some kind of horror story, these analogies. uh, analogies with a small zedong, because this is something that is clearly frightening, of course, but if we think about it, and what is the cden fino board. it looks like holding the young is conceived only in the fact that both there and there t

. >> he patterns mao in the way he governs the party.ay. we weigh i on the january 6 committee's decision

after all, mao zodong became famous in chinese history, he is valued not because he staged a culturalhe made the great leap forward with the ensuing famine, he is valued for being the first. e already in people's china came to the realization that someone else's experience in china is not suitable, neither western nor soviet in the mid-fifties, little thoughtfully began to think about how to move their own way. but i know before the formula was different in china. but don is right, there is 70% wrong at 30. but it was moving. now there is some proportion, of course. er, well, first of all. these denpins were held. now, uh, there's no doubt about it, eh then this formula is really very significant, so to speak, they are a couple of words, because in fact , this is a direct continuation of what we just talked about, this is 1956, when the twentieth congress was held in the soviet union and there was a problem. how to relate to the criticism of stalin that khrushchev made and then mao zedong said that no matter what they say in the soviet union, they are tired, but stalin had 70% merit a

if not for mao and not for nixon, wasn't for kissinger,on guess what? the last 50 years would've been radically different. if it wasn't for brezhnev, if it wasn't for reagan, if it wasn't for gorbachev what would've happened in terms of u.s.-russian relations or so the relations back then? political leaders have agency. what the book seeks to do is to say if you think that we're just on railroad tracks determined by some how gaily enforce, that we can't do anything about, this is what crisis, conflict and war could look like in material terms. but if you think we can make a difference, here's a framework which is not just for the united states but i argue a joint strategic framework between china and the united states and the leadership of both countries during the decade of living dangerously, which recognizes the absolute complexity of strategic competition. but rather than being unmatched strategic competition that there are strategic guardrails around it which i call managed strategic competition. that's what the book seeks to elaborate. >> host: i

nick: xi jinping is the most powerful chinese leader since mao.even more steps to trand erase the most powerful chinese leader that was between xi and mao, and his report? christopher: the foreign policy was that china should keep a low profile and not raise its head internationally. xi jinping says china aeady is a superpower and it is time for her to start acting like one on the global stage. that is an effort to create a direct lie between mao zedong and himself as china's unparalleled top leader. nick: that is what we expect. next weekend, xi jinping being granted that third term. thank you very much. christopher: my pleasure. judy: for a month now, people in iran have been protesting against the regime after a young woman died in police custody. over the weekend, a large fire erupted inside a prison facility in tehran known for jailing political prisoners. at least eight people are believed to be dead. amna nawaz has more. amna: the protest movement sweeping iran after the death of mahsa amini spread to the notorious evin prison in tehran. on

xi's cult of personality recalls an earlier one, chairman mao's.china for almost 30 years. like mao, xi's even put out a book, and, yes, there's an app too. xi jinping recommended reading for loyal citizens. in it, he analyzes chinese governments, but what he doesn't explain is why he thinks heavy-handed control and repression have to be part of it. like facial recognition technology for tracking people and a zero-covid policy that has locked down millions of chinese lives. jeff kingston lectures in asian politics at temple university in tokyo. what makes xi jinping tick? makes him tick. eally knows >> reporter: there are clues. his parents were communist elites. but in the 1960s, his father was denounced during mao's cultural revolution. and young xi was exiled to a poor village for re-education. >> i think he was very much influenced by his childhood experience and seeing the politics of the cultural revolution and how it suddenly could, you know, hit you even if you're a privileged family. >> reporter: but xi came back and climbed the party rank

he decided to be the new chinese leader for the rest of his life, maybe wars will not turn into in mao zedong it is not important, we understand that he broke a certain complex of balances, which were established by deng xiaoping, we understand that the world community will also react to this, in particular , it is about the economy and let's say what the fall of the yuan is, but in this case the biggest i am interested in how pe now and updated in office, will all the djinking take place in the situation of the russian-ukrainian war , will china finally say its clear word, or will it continue to turn a blind eye to putin's crimes in uzbekistan, which took place several weeks ago therefore, it became clear that anisijinping and animodi are not going to support russia in its war with ukraine. in fact, they have made it clear that they do not approve of what russia is doing if putin uses nuclear weapons. you saw the concrete opposition of china between russia and china in central asia. tensions are rising. china did not intervene. and did not help russia with east-west transit as part of

mao zedong, who will rule for more than two five-year terms, is expected as early as tomorrow he will be officially appointed secretary general, and the full composition of the top party leadership will also become known. joe biden's foreign policy came under harsh criticism , republican congressman paul gosar accused the us president of putting the world on the brink of the apocalypse by his decision to provoke an armed conflict in ukraine in ukraine set the nuclear powers against each other. now we are as close as possible to a nuclear conflict. gosar also drew attention to what is happening now in europe and the nato exercise on nuclear deterrence noon, in his opinion, these maneuvers only undermine the prospects for a peaceful settlement, us military assistance should not be used to escalate international conflicts, the congressman is convinced. in the meantime, the united states deployed an airborne division to europe, almost 5,000 american soldiers arrived at the romanian military airbase just a few kilometers from the ukrainian border , representatives of the us army openly dec

to stay until the end of his the life of the new chinese leader, maybe the wars will not turn into mao zedong it is not important, we understand that he broke a certain complex of balances that was established by deng xiaoping, we understand that the world community is also counting on this in particular we are talking about the economy and the rapid fall of the yuan , but in this case the biggest thing i am interested in is how beijing now and renewed in office will all the jingking behave in the situation of the russian-ukrainian war , will china finally say its clear word or will it continue to turn a blind eye to putin's crimes in uzbekistan, which took place a few weeks ago, it became clear that anisa jinpin was not going to support russia in its war with ukraine. they actually made it clear that they did not approve of what russia was doing, and if putin used nuclear weapons. you saw china's concrete opposition between russia and china in central asia. tensions are growing. china did not intervene and did not help russia with east-west transit within the framework of the one belt

, yes, he was re-elected and now there is a new such mao, the formation of such the image of immediaten is built by patience and the environment that he directly kept behind himself because part of the previous environment that also went with him there during the first there the second term , now there is a scumbag, who is there for corruption, for example also influential officials of the highest echelon who are on other charges and this means that, in principle, as we can see, china is sliding even more towards autocracy and such a global axis of opposition is emerging between the collective democratic movement there with its liberal values ​​and where the autocrats are strengthening and strengthening their positioning and unanimously want to review the process that is taking place in the context of global security, economic and political. therefore, this is the departure, i think , of the communist party of china at least from such a semi-collective management of such a powerful big country and more power in one-sided hands p igor well, let's start with the fact that the first posit

his father fought alongside mao zedong and is considered a founding father of the people's republic ofe was nine years old, his dad was purged, and xijinping became, he was labelled a counterrevolutionary. mao zedong's red guard attacked him, he was given five minutes to live, and then he was sent, like millions of other chinese of his generation, to the countryside. xijinping lived countryside. xi jinping lived in countryside. xijinping lived in a cave in the chinese countryside for seven years. he was subjected to terrible conditions and very hard labour. all of these experiences in his childhood have really shaped who he is as a person today. and his fear of chaos. and his desire for control. but what makes him particularly interesting is that while many of his generation decided they wanted nothing else to do with the chinese communist party, and in fact many decided they wanted nothing to do with china any more and left the country, xi jinping made a very different choice. he decided to double down, and commit himself to the party. what he took away from his childhood wasn't that

hurricane staged a real light show. re-elected to the third historical such a period since the time of mao, for the first time, xi jinping spoke about the goals of the second century for china in volgograd opened the production of 5d printers. the unique program allows you to print any details. even those that are impossible to bring because of the sanctions. the ukrainian military fired at several russian settlements at once shells exploded in energodar where the zaporozhye nuclear power plant is located and, according to the head of the city, alexander volga, damage was received a civilian object was not injured in the belgorod region in shebekino local residents were temporarily resettled due to dangerous areas that are regularly shelled by the apu and as the governor said. vyacheslav gladkov the townspeople are at one of the recreation centers in stary oskol. here, the fire of ukrainian artillery hit three districts at once. in donetsk this morning, militants fired about 40 shells . rescuers are now clarifying the latest data from boris maksudov about the wounded. for an hour and a hal

has decided to be the new chinese leader for the rest of his life, perhaps wars will not turn into mao zedong. this is not it is important that we understand that he broke a certain complex of balances that were established by deng xiaoping, we understand that the world community also reacts to this, in particular , it is about the economy and the rapid fall of the yuan , but in this case the biggest i am interested in how beijing is now renewed in its position, will all the calls take place in the situation of the russian-ukrainian war , will china finally say its clear word, or will it continue to turn a blind eye to putin's crimes and the meetings in uzbekistan that took place a few weeks ago made it clear that they are not going to provide anisidzhipin. support for russia in its war with ukraine, they actually made it clear that they do not approve of what russia is doing and if putin used nuclear weapons. you saw the concrete opposition of china between russia and china in tensions are rising in central asia. china did not intervene and did not help russia with east-west transit w

it paves the way for him to become the most powerful leader since mao zedong. tsai is the founder of china crossroads. i asked him what he'll be watching out for in the speech. we were looking for moves on zero covid policy which affects our lives greatly. you know, just recently, there's been an uptick in cases in shanghai — about 50 per day — and there've been more lockdowns of buildings, no doubt due to worry about the party congress and, you know, don't want a big outbreak. there have been forced closing of bars, more moderating on social media and innocuous articles deleted, and also an interesting rumour and i think is flase is revealing covid case counts may have been lowered intentionally by the government so as to not cause embarrassment and this may imply a big uptick or lockdown after the party congress ends. our correspondent celia hatton reports on how xijinping rose to power. applause when he strode onto the stage ten years ago, signalling he'd become china's new leader, he was a relative unknown. he was supposed to rule alongside these six other

but in the 19th sixty's, his father fell fowl of chairman mao and the communist leadership and was thrown into prison. the young she was sent to the countryside for political reeducation and hard labor for 7 years. but instead of turning against the communist party, he embraced it and worked hard to rise to the top. in november 2012, the relatively unknown, she jin pen was named general secretary of the communist party. a few months later, he succeeded huge in town as president of the people's republic of china. and by the end of, she's 1st 5 year term, the communist party congress voted to have his philosophy written into the constitution. the only other leader to have the same honor is the father of chinese communism mouser dung. since taking office, she has set about pursuing what he hailed as the chinese dream to turn china into the world's dominant power. under she, china has become more assertive on the international stage, fueled by growing patriotism at home. much of it based around teaching ping's image as china's strong man. but she has also overseen increased limitations on fre

precedent which could see him remain leader for life he is the most powerful leader since chairman mao's re-election of the party was no surprise. the six people selected for his top team was less clear cut. xi has gone for loyalty over experience bringing several close by in the standing committee sam is here with more. sam, i'm curious of your take of what is driving the tech stocks lower this morning >> good morning, julianna. as you say, some double digit losses in some of the big tech names today. of course, we know that one of the big signals that president xi jinping has been sending to the markets the last week is continuity in terms of the party's positioning around zero covid which has taken an enormous hit to the economy. also on issues like common prosperity or not an issue, but a campaign that has underpinned the volatility that we have seen the last few years or so particularly around the tech space and also real estate and education. we have to remember this was the underlining campaign that drove the anti-monopoly that aimed to rein the strength of the tech giants presi

what do you think comes out of party congress xi jinping expected, to be anointed dictator for life maog was the end of nearly this weeklong party congress. >> hi maria good to be with you, of course, the first thing is extension of xi jinping's rule, grants him more time to enact this vision we have to understand remarkable consistence, xi jinping made absolutely clear, the great rerejuvenate nation of chinese nation overarching theme the idea going to become world dominant power next five years essentially as very support milestone i think in part china begins to convert military excuse me economic power into military power that a is a signature of xi jinping's rule that is what he sees himself in the pantheon of the great rerejuvenate nation, mao zedong made it rich going to make the militarily this is a man i said many times preparing china for war with the united states other nation, in the region. and this speech was very nationalistic he most what comes as cost you communist china is applause lines with use of force, it harkens back in a sense to speech on first centenary last ju

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