Xi Says China’s Rise Is Unstoppable

President celebrates Communist rule with military parade
First protester shot since Hong Kong unrest began in June

Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the nation at a parade in Beijing marking 70 years of Communist Party rule.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Iain Marlow and Peter Martin

September 30, 2019 at 1:26 AM UTC

Updated on

October 1, 2019 at 11:45 AM UTC

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President Xi Jinping presided over a grand display of China’s strength in Beijing -- declaring that no force could stop the country’s rise -- even as concerns grew over the condition of the first protester shot in Hong Kong after almost four months of unrest.

Speaking at the start of a massive parade marking 70 years since the founding of the People’s Republic, Xi called for stability in Hong Kong, unity among Chinese ethnic groups, and the “complete unification” of the country. Xi delivered the remarks at the site where late Communist Party patriarch Mao Zedong proclaimed the nation’s founding on Oct. 1, 1949.