BEIJING, China: China's Xi Jinping on Monday emphasised the need to strengthen national security, in his first address since being handed a historic third term as the country's president.

Xi became China's most powerful leader in generations last week when he was reanointed for another five years at the helm of the world's most populous nation, in a break with long-standing political precedent.

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