By Nectar Gan, CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/31/china/china-xi-national-security-meeting-intl-hnk/index.html

Updated 3:59 AM EDT, Thu June 1, 2023

China’s leader Xi Jinping has made national security a top priority during his decade in power.Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty ImagesHong KongCNN—

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called on his top national security officials to think about “worst case” scenarios and prepare for “stormy seas,” as the ruling Communist Party hardens efforts to counter any perceived internal and external threats.

“The complexity and difficulty of the national security issues we now face have increased significantly,” Xi said Tuesday at a meeting of the party’s National Security Commission, state news agency Xinhua reported.

“We must adhere to bottom-line thinking and worst-case-scenario thinking, and get ready to undergo the major tests of high winds and rough waves, and even perilous, stormy seas,” he added.

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