President Xi Jinping stressed on Thursday that China will remain committed to peaceful development and will never seek hegemony or expansion.[Special coverage]
"We Chinese love peace. No matter how much stronger it may become, China will never seek hegemony or expansion. It will never inflict its past suffering on any other nation," Xi said.
He was speaking at the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
