China's President Xi Jinping has warned that foreign forces attempting to bully the nation will "get their heads bashed" during an hour-long address marking the ruling Communist Party's centenary of its founding.
Key points:
- President Xi vowed to 'smash' any attempts at Taiwan independence
- Taiwan responded by calling the Communist Party a dictatorship
- Chinese Communist Party ranks have swelled to 95.15 million members
Speaking from Tiananmen Square, Mr Xi pledged to build up China's military, committed to the "reunification" of Taiwan and said social stability would be ensured in Hong Kong while protecting China's security and sovereignty.
"The Communist Party of China and the Chinese people solemnly declare to the world that the Chinese people are not only good at destroying an old world, but also good at building a new one," said Mr Xi, China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, the founder of the People's Republic.
"Only socialism can save China. And only socialism can develop China."
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