(Ling Media/Comprehensive Foreign News Report) Chinese President Xi Jinping read out the report at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on the morning of the 16th. Hong Kong’s Ming Pao compared the 72-page full version of the report and found that Xi Jinping read out the content of the oral version in 1 hour and 45 minutes. Half the size of a paper report. When it comes to Taiwan issues, the full version of the report mentions “peaceful reunification, one country, two systems,” as well as the one-China principle and the “1992 Consensus” that were not included in the readout.
“Ming Pao” reported that at the 19th National Congress, Xi Jinping mentioned the “1992 Consensus” four times in his more than three-hour report to the congress. Song Wenti, a political scientist at the Australian National University’s Taiwan Studies Program, told CNN in an interview that Xi’s decision to mention the Taiwan issue in his oral speech was different from previous speeches, conveying the The urgency of making progress on the Taiwan issue.
In an interview with the Central News Agency, Chinese Taiwan-related scholar Bao Chengke said that the Taiwan-related content of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized unity several times, which is different from the “six not allowed” mentioned in the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. In order to take the initiative and regain the right to serve, it is no longer just to see what the Taiwan authorities have done to respond. It is quite obvious to turn passive into active. This is also China’s self-confidence in practicing national rejuvenation.
Yu Jie, a senior researcher on China issues in the Asia-Pacific program at the Chatham House, a British think tank, pointed out to Archyde.com that in addition to the use of “peaceful reunification” in Xi Jinping’s speech on Taiwan, he also added more hawkish ideas. Phrases such as “Never commit to renounce the use of force, reserve the option to take all necessary measures”. Xi Jinping mentioned that “solving the Taiwan issue is the Chinese people’s own business”, in order to warn the United States and other Western countries that are seen as interfering in Taiwan’s affairs.
Lu Xi, an assistant professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, analyzed that at a time when China’s economic difficulties are increasing and confidence in the private economy has been frustrated, the market expects Xi Jinping to play a role in supporting economic development, relaxing industry controls, and adjusting epidemic prevention measures. It doesn’t appear in the report at all.
Chen Zhiwu, a finance professor at the University of Hong Kong, told Archyde.com, “From the 14th to the 19th National Congress, economic development has been clearly called the party’s core mission, but Xi Jinping’s speech at the 20th National Congress no longer emphasizes economic development and economic reform. The emphasis is instead on ‘complete’ and ‘comprehensive’ development. In other words, not just economic development, but the party will also be committed to political, social, environmental and cultural development.”
“Although Xi Jinping’s speech at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is quite righteous, this speech is much shorter than it was five years ago, unlike five years ago,” John Delury, a professor of Chinese studies at the Institute of International Studies at Yonsei University in Seoul, said in an interview with Archyde.com. Xi Jinping is stepping into uncharted territory at this convention, a timeless, supreme rule.” He believed that to many Chinese citizens, Xi Jinping’s speech sounded defensive, saying The party has the best interests of the people in mind, and the core concept to be conveyed in this speech is safety. Mao Zedong promised the people change, Deng Xiaoping promised prosperity, and Xi Jinping promised to keep them safe.