A video screen showing Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivering an address to the opening ceremony of the China International Import Expo in Shanghai, Nov. 4, 2020 (AP photo by Mark Schiefelbein).
Xi Exudes Confidence That China Will Weather More Pandemic Headwinds
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Last week, the Communist Party’s Central Committee held one of the most important events on China’s political calendar, meeting for its fifth plenum. From Oct. 26 to 29, the conclave of senior party officials discussed the blueprint of the country’s 14th five-year plan and set out long-range objectives for 2035. ...