BEIJING -- Xi Jinping opened the Chinese Communist Party's twice-a-decade National Congress on Sunday by pledging to never renounce using force to take control of Taiwan while championing a clampdown on Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement.
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping speaks at the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. (Photo by Yusuke Hinata)
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