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Chinese President Xi Jinping gives a speech at the closing session of the annual National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
RE-ELECTED President Xi Jinping pledged today to protect "every inch" of China's territory, improve people’s living standards and promote a resurgence of culture and creativity.
"Every inch of our great motherland absolutely cannot and absolutely will not be separated from China," he told nearly 3,000 National People's Congress delegates in a clear warning against separatism.
"All acts and tricks to split the motherland are doomed to failure and will be condemned by the people and punished by history,” he said.
Sovereignty and the rule of law are under threat from Trump’s attacks on Lula’s administration just as they have been across Latin America, argue CARLOS MARTINEZ and SARA VIVACQUA
MIKE MARTIN surveys the regional opposition to US attempts to force the region into a military confrontation with China
