China Ends Third Plenum With No New Ideas, State Media Retracts Article Glorifying Chinese Leader

A man reads a newspaper near a front page photo of Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a story about the conclusion of the Third Plenum, a key economic meeting, at a display board on a sidewalk in Beijing on July 19, 2024. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images

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Beijing concluded its top political meeting, the Third Plenary Session of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), on July 18 with no new ideas. China’s state-run media also removed a 10,000-word article that glorified the Chinese leader, which it initially published on the first day of the meeting.