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Xi tells China's parliament 'only socialism can save China'
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China's President Xi Jinping gives a speech following the swearing-in of Hong Kong's new Chief Executive Carrie Lam as the territory's new leader during a ceremony at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Hong Kong, on July 1, 2017 (AFP/Anthony Wallace)
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resident Xi Jinping reasserted the Communist Party's supremacy over his country Tuesday, telling the nation's rubber-stamp parliament that "only socialism can save China" as it pursues development.
"History has already proven and will continue to prove that only socialism can save China," Xi said, adding later that the "Communist Party is the supreme political leadership of the country and the fundamental guarantee to achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation."
Xi also warned against any efforts to split China, days after the United States approved rules that would allow top-level officials to travel to Taiwan.
"All acts and tricks to separate the country are doomed to fail and will be condemned by the people and punished by history," Xi said at the end of the country's annual parliamentary session.
He also sought to address concerns about Chinese development projects abroad, saying they "will not pose a threat to any country."
