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China announced the formation of the commission in November at the end
of a key party meeting to map out reforms, Reuters reports.
Experts say it is based on the National Security Council in the United
States and will increase coordination among the various wings of China's
security bureaucracy, split now among the police, military,
intelligence and diplomatic services.
Possible international flashpoints for China include Japan, North Korea
and the South China Sea. China says it also faces considerable threats
at home, pointing to continued unrest in two regions heavily populated
by ethnic minorities which chafe at Chinese rule - Tibet and Xinjiang.
Xi told the commission's first meeting that China faced the "most
complex time in history" at home and abroad when it came to its
security, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
China must "implement and put into practice an overall national security
view, paying attention to external as well as internal security", Xi
was cited as saying.
While Xi listed areas ranging from economic to nuclear security, he also
said the commission had to "take political security as its base" and
"seek stability", references to protecting the ruling Communist's Party
hold on power and dealing with domestic unrest.
"Security is the condition for development. We can only make the country
rich by building up military power, and only with military power can we
protect the country," Xi said.
The report did not mention any specific topics that were discussed.
On Monday, Xi urged the air force to adopt an integrated air and space
defence capability, in what state media called a response to the
increasing military use of space by the United States and others.
While Beijing insists its space programme is for peaceful purposes, a
Pentagon report last year highlighted China's increasing space
capability and said Beijing was pursuing a variety of activities aimed
at preventing its adversaries from using space-based assets during a
crisis.
Fears of a space arms race with the United States and other powers
mounted after China blew up one of its own weather satellites with a
ground-based missile in January 2007.
Visiting air force headquarters in Beijing, Xi, who is also head of the
military, told officers "to speed up air and space integration and
sharpen their offensive and defensive capabilities", Xinhua said.
It gave no details of how China expects to do this.
China has been increasingly ambitious in developing its space programs
for military, commercial and scientific purposes. Xi has said he wanted
China to establish itself as a space superpower.
But it is still playing catch-up to established space superpowers the
United States and Russia. China's Jade Rabbit moon rover has been beset
by technical difficulties since landing to great domestic fanfare in
mid-December.
Source: Voice of Russia
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