China is about to hold the most important meeting in its political calendar. Here’s what you need to know.
Closely watched across the world to gauge the direction Beijing will take in the next half-decade, this year's congress, the 20th in its more than 100-year history, opens on Sunday.What is the Communist Party congress?
A Central Committee of around 200 voting members will also pick 25 members for the Politburo, the highest policy-making body in the world's second largest economy. “It’s not just about ideas, it’s really about signaling a leader’s power and legacy,” David Bandurski, the co-director at the China Media Project, a research program that analyses the country’s media landscape, said.
It is also expected to produce a new set of leaders handpicked by Xi, who has yet to indicate a successor.
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