BEIJING: China's President Xi Jinping has called for 'more quickly elevating the armed forces to world-class standards,' in a speech just days after a top diplomat warned of the growing possibility of conflict with the United States unless Washington changes course.
China must maximize its 'national strategic capabilities' in a bid to 'systematically upgrade the country's overall strength to cope with strategic risks, safeguard strategic interests and realize strategic objectives,' Xi said on Wednesday.
'If the United States does not hit the brake, but continues to speed down the wrong path, no amount of guardrails can prevent derailing and there surely will be conflict and confrontation,' Qin said in his first news conference since taking up his post last year.'Such competition is a reckless gamble, with the stakes being the fundamental interests of the two peoples and even the future of humanity,' he added.
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