Xi Jinping Faces Ongoing Political Struggle as He Tries to Achieve a Historical Status: Expert

Soldiers are seen near a poster of Chinese leader Xi Jinping next to the entrance to the Forbidden City in Beijing on May 18, 2020. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images

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As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is holding its high-level meeting, the sixth plenary session, in Beijing, the third “historical resolution,” a pivotal agenda in the meeting, is said to determine Xi Jinping’s historical status within the Party.