Beijing Calls for ‘Struggle’ Against Party’s Challenges, Alluding to Hong Kong

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on July 31, 2019. Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images

Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a speech to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) cadres on Sept. 3, in which he warned that the Party is experiencing “concentrated risks” in different facets, including the economy, politics, issues of sovereignty, and diplomacy.

On the same day at a press conference, the spokesperson of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO), the highest office in Beijing for managing the two former European colonies, again criticized Hong Kong protesters, claiming that they were “separatists” who challenged China’s sovereignty.

Xi Emphasizes Struggle

Xi delivered the speech at the CCP’s Central Party School in Beijing, an academy for training young cadres.