Chinese Communist Party centenary: Xi Jinping tries to build symbolic bridge between past and future

Chinese President Xi Jinping paid special tribute to his predecessors and revolutionary leaders in his speech to mark the Communist Party's centenary on Thursday morning as he urged the younger generation to follow the party in pursuit of the dream of national rejuvenation. Delivering his speech at Tiananmen, the Gate of Heavenly Peace, where Mao Zedong declared the founding of the People's Republic in 1949, Xi praised the older generations for their contribution to the country. "We owe all that we have achieved over the past hundred years to the concerted efforts of the Chinese Communists, the Chinese people and…