NR Daily: What President Xi Knows about China’s Economy

The 19th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party opened in Beijing on October 18. The weeklong event marks the start of President Xi Jinping's second five-year term. In his first term, Xi amassed greater authority than any predecessor since Deng Xiaoping. In covering the Congress and President Xi, the Western media focus has been on President Xi's opening comments on the progress China made in his first five years. Much of his speech covered China and the world and her emergence as a power that has earned a position in the first rank of countries. It is true that Xi begins his second term with his country in a very different position from what it was when he assumed office in 2012 ...

October 25 2017

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