this national people s congress has again seen xijinping this national people s congress has again seen xi jinping of any ceremonial title of president and now we have a new premier, li qiang, the number two person in the government s structure here. now there is talk of there being an election, elections that result in these appointments are not really elections. we have party caterers who turn up to the congress and do what is required of them to make those appointments happen so in the case of the president, not a single dissenting vote. now, that said, xi jinping finished up the congress with a speech where he spoke of the need for military modernisation and the need to build a stronger security apparatus at home, he spoke of there being a great wall of steel and that this would guarantee stability in the country and that is what is needed. after the congress finished, it is then the role of the
option off the table then we can continue to seek peace and stability in the taiwan strait. he will, of course, have been watching the developments in europe and the war in ukraine. what do you think he has witnessed from that and how do you think that might change his strategy, vis a vis, support and the speed of attack? i think the war in ukraine only solidified what the chinese already knew. when they were doing their training, preparations, military modernisation, they understood that one the war they wanted to fight needed to be quick and that certain areas of military modernisation like command and control and logistics and munitions were critical to success. so, xi jinping had a look at his troops and came to the conclusion that they had a lot of fancy stuff. they were not ready to fight. something that vladimir putin should have done before he invaded ukraine but china has now embarked on a ten
No finance minister in over a decade has ever met the armed forces' expectations for budget allocations – but that has not prevented them from making financially unviable demands on the exchequer.
force. he also crucially called for military modernisation to continue, and this is a man who famously said he wanted a military that could fight and win wars. find he wanted a military that could fight and win wars. he wanted a military that could fight and win wars. and on hong kona , fight and win wars. and on hong kong. where fight and win wars. and on hong kong, where there fight and win wars. and on hong kong, where there is fight and win wars. and on hong kong, where there is clearly - fight and win wars. and on hong . kong, where there is clearly unease in the international finance community which is operated happily there for so long, and has been relatively tolerant of china s changes, but there seems to be some concern about attracting new staff and all the rest of it. did he address any of that?- and all the rest of it. did he address any of that? no, he basically address any of that? no, he basically was address any of that? no, he basically was saying, - addre
crackdown in hong kong? well the peaceful reunification is interesting. he did say something that he has been saying for a while now which is that we will maintain the right to use force if necessary. and so, you know, xijinping has long had what china calls reunification. people in taiwan would argue that taiwan has never belonged to china. so even the use of that term. even mao said it is not chinese. it s different. so, xijinping has wanted this for quite some time. quite strongly. yes, of course, he says he wants to do it peacefully. of course, everybody in china wants to that. but you know, he has also reserve the right to use force. he also, crucially, called for military modernisation to continue. this is the man who famously said he wanted a military that could fight and win wars. and on to hong kong there clearly is unease among at least international finance community that has operated quite happily there for so long and has been relatively tolerant of china s changes, but th