The outcome of last week’s extraordinary congress of the Chinese Communist Party was an even more comprehensive win for hardliners than many China watchers had expected.
Xi Jinping is pulling his party allies closer, making China’s domestic economy more insular, and making its foreign policy even pricklier. That is the outcome of last week’s extraordinary congress of the Chinese Communist Party, which was an even more comprehensive win for hardliners than many China watchers had expected.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, speaks alongside members of the Politburo Standing Committee. AP
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