Xi Calls on China’s Top National Security Officials to Prepare for ‘Worst Case Scenarios’

China's President Xi Jinping sits beside the empty seat of former president Hu Jintao during the closing ceremony of the 20th Chinese Communist Party's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 22, 2022. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping on May 30 told his top national security officials to be ready for “worst case scenarios” and “stormy seas”.

Xi was addressing officials attending the first National Security Commission meeting since the CCP’s 20th National Congress last year, according to state-run Xinhua.