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<France 24 #071> China: President Xi Jinping advocates unity behind him - le 16 octobre 2022

   Today's article is about the speech of Xi Jinping at the People's Congress of China from France 24 dated October 16, 2022.

 

French Original

Chine : au congrès du PCC, le président Xi Jinping prône l'unité derrière lui

 

Xi Jinping a mis l'accent dimanche sur les questions de sécurité, notamment vis-à-vis de Taïwan, et a défendu sa gestion de l'épidémie de Covid-19 dans son discours d'ouverture du XXe congrès du Parti communiste chinois (PCC), à l'issue duquel il devrait être reconduit pour un troisième mandat de cinq ans au poste de secrétaire général.

 

English Translation

China: at the CCP congress, President Xi Jinping advocates unity behind him

 

Xi Jinping on Sunday focused on security issues, particularly vis-à-vis Taiwan, and defended his handling of the Covid-19 epidemic in his opening speech at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (PCC), at the end of which he should be reappointed for a third term of five years as Secretary General.

 

Words & Phrases

<A>

accent: accent

<C>

Chine: China

<D>

défendu > défendre: defend

derrière: bihind

devrait > devoir: must

dimanche: Sunday

discours: speech

duquel > de lequel: which

<E>

épidémie: epidemic

<G>

gestion: management

<L>

lui: him/her

<M>

mandat: proxy

mis: mettre: to put, to set

<N>

notamment: particularly

<O>

ouverture: opening

<P>

poste: post

prône > prôner: to laud, to advocate

<Q>

question: question, matter, issue

<R>

reconduit > reconduire: to renew

<S>

secrétaire: secretary

sécurité: security

<T>

Taïwan: Taiwan

troisième: third

<U>

unité: unity

<V>

vis-à-vis: vis-à-vis