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After the Ball is Over, After the Break of Morn: What to Expect From the New Era of Xi Jinping

Charles Parton OBE

30 April 201812 Minute Read

Delegates at the 13th National People’s Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 2018. Courtesy of Wikimedia

Amendments to the Chinese constitution in the wake of the recent Party Congress and National People’s Congress reveal eight policy areas on which the Chinese Communist Party, under its leader Xi Jinping, is expected to be active. The West had best be ready.