On October 18th, China’s ruling Communist Party will begin its 19th Party Congress—a five-yearly high-level meeting of senior party officials that will determine the future makeup of the Chinese leadership. The list of likely candidates for promotion to the Party’s top echelon include Chongqing party chief Chen…
Although the more optimistic observers have argued that Xi is consolidating power in order to push forward domestic reforms, it is unlikely that greater concentration of power will lead Xi to bring about drastic changes after the congress meetings.
