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Xi Jinping calls for China's military to become a 'Great Wall of Steel' at National Peoples' Congress address

China's Xi Jinping stresses security, calls its military 'Great Wall of Steel'.

Xi Jinping has told a gathering of Communist Party officials that China must modernise its military, oppose Taiwan pro-independence forces and promote "reunification of the motherland".

Speaking at the National Peoples' Congress (NPC), China's ceremonial parliament, Mr Xi said his country must turn its military into a "Great Wall of Steel" that would safeguard his country's sovereignty, security and developmental interests.

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