Commentary: In China, Xi Jinping is getting an unprecedented third term. What should the world expect?
by Gi-Wook Shin and Seong-Hyon Lee, Los Angeles Times
Oct 21, 2022
3 minutes
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The 104-minute speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the country’s 20th party congress reveals a leader who believes he is on a historic mission to save China’s self-described socialism in the 21st century.
Xi’s Oct. 16 speech launched the twice-a-decade meeting, which concludes this weekend, where the national Communist Party appoints its leadership and announces China’s policy direction for the coming years. The address reads very much like a sequel to his
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