China's Xi hails Hong Kong transition out of 'chaos', slams Taiwan 'separatism'


Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of China's ruling Communist Party held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. China on Sunday opens a twice-a-decade party conference at which leader Xi Jinping is expected to receive a third five-year term that breaks with recent precedent and establishes himself as arguably the most powerful Chinese politician since Mao Zedong. - AP

BEIJING, Oct 16, 2022 (AFP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday hailed Hong Kong's transition from "chaos to governance" while condemning what he said was interference in Taiwan.

"The situation in Hong Kong has achieved a major transition from chaos to governance," Xi told Communist Party delegates at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, while vowing a "major struggle against separatism and interference" in the self-ruled island of Taiwan.

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