Chinese leader warns officials to be ready to ‘struggle against’ challenge from the three regions
South China Morning Post
Date: 4 Sep, 2019
By: Jun Mai
Published: 9:53pm,
Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan have been singled out by Chinese President Xi Jinping as major risks and challenges that Communist Party members must “struggle against”.
In a speech to officials on Tuesday, Xi listed a number of challenges facing the country, even putting this specific category ahead of “foreign affairs” despite the global economic and strategic challenges China faces, including the trade war with the United States.
The other risks identified by the Chinese president include economics, politics, culture and the environment, according to state news agency Xinhua.
In his speech, which was delivered to hundreds of mid-career officials at the Central Party School, he said: “Cadres must be vigilant to any wind of change. They must know a deer passing by the rustle of grass and leaves, they must know the coming of a tiger by feeling the wind, they must know the arrival of autumn by the colour of one leaf.”
