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28 December 2017
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- Under a More Powerful Xi, China Looks to Flex Its Muscle on the Global Stage
Under a More Powerful Xi, China Looks to Flex Its Muscle on the Global Stage
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 19th party congress in October was a watershed event for Chinese politics, with the ruling party anointing President Xi Jinping as one of modern China’s greatest figures.
Now that he has consolidated his position as China’s most powerful leader in decades after only five years in charge, what can we expect from Mr Xi and Beijing in the coming year? How will a stronger China affect its politics domestically and regionally?
TODAY’s Eileen Ng finds out more from four China experts: Professor Bo Zhiyue, director of Xipu Institution think-tank established by Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou, China; Assistant Professor Chong Ja Ian, who is with the National University of Singapore’s Political Science Department; Professor Steve Tsang, director of SOAS China Institute at the University of London and Mr Benjamin Ho, Associate Research Fellow at the China Programme, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies.
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Last updated on 29/12/2017
