Xi Invokes Mao To Cement Legacy

Upon being elected as general secretary of Communist Party of China (CPC) for unprecedented third term, President Xi Jinping led members of his core team – the Standing Committee members – to Yan'an, the birthplace of Chinese revolution located in northwest China's Shaanxi Province. As a section of media, especially from the West was churning out various hypotheses over ‘escorting’ of former president Hu Jintao out of the congress hall, the newly elected Chinese leader called upon his comrades to carry forward the great founding spirit of the party, the Yan'an Spirit and fighting spirit to realise the objectives and tasks set forth by its 20th National Congress.