China’s Big Leadership Reveal Will Show Extent of Xi’s Power
- New Chinese leadership team set to be unveiled on Sunday
- Xi expected to stay on, surround himself with key allies
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China’s 1.4 billion people will only find out who’s running the world’s second-biggest economy when the Communist Party’s new leaders walk out on stage on Sunday.
It’s all but certain that President Xi Jinping, 69, will secure a precedent-busting third term in office. Whoever follows him on the Politburo Standing Committee will show how he intends to rule over the next five years.