What We Learned From China's New Leadership Lineup

China’s twice-a-decade meeting of the Communist Party ended in triumph for President Xi Jinping. Not only was his name and ideology elevated into the party’s constitution, he broke with convention in the new leadership lineup unveiled Wednesday and chose not to anoint a successor.

That takes Xi into the second half of his 10-year tenure stronger than ever. He already amassed significant power in his first term -- collecting titles, heading policy committees and undertaking a sweeping clear out of party officials under the banner of an anti-graft campaign. Now, he’s potentially laid the path to retain power in some fashion beyond 2022.