China's President Xi Jinping is expected secure a third term and to exert largely unchallenged control over key appointments and policy directives at a Congress that many China-watchers liken to a coronation.
abc.net.au/news/china-20th-communist-party-congress-set-xi-seeks-third-term/101388982China's ruling Communist Party will hold its next party Congress from October 16, with Chinese President Xi Jinping poised to secure an historic third leadership term and cement his place as the country's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.
Despite problems on the domestic front, including a struggling economy, the COVID-19 pandemic and rare public protests to rising frictions with the West and tensions over Taiwan —Mr Xi is poised to secure a mandate to pursue his grand vision for the "rejuvenation of the Chinese nation" for years to come.
Under Mr Xi, China has also become far more assertive on the global stage as a leader of the developing world and an alternative to the US-led, post-World War II order.
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