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Highlights of Xi's Speech at Ceremony for Marx
Time: 11:16 Dec-16
Author:attended a grand gathering to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx on Friday morning.
Xi, also general secretary ofand chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers a speech at the gathering in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Here are the highlights of the speech:
Two centuries on, despite huge and profound changes in human society, the name of Karl Marx is still respected all over the world and his theory still shines with the brilliant light of truth, Xi said.
Xi said Marx is the "teacher of revolution for the proletariat and working people all over the world, the main founder of Marxism, creator of Marxist parties, pathfinder for international communism and the greatest thinker of modern times."
"Today, we hold this grand gathering with great veneration to mark the 200th anniversary of Marx's birth, to remember his great character and historic deeds and to review his noble spirit and brilliant thoughts," Xi said at the event.
(Source: China Daily)
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