Beijing’s New Resolution Doesn’t Bode Well for China

Beijing’s New Resolution Doesn’t Bode Well for China
Chinese leader Xi Jinping, top center, Premier Li Keqiang, right, and NPC Chairman Li Zhanshu applaud during a speech at the second plenary session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 8, 2021. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Ching Cheong
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) recently approved a “historical resolution” that firmly established the unchallenged position of its leader, Xi Jinping. The lengthy resolution, the third in the Party’s 100-year history, paves the ideological ground for Xi to seek a third and, perhaps, life term. It also laid out Xi’s view for the future in his so-called 10 principles that must be strictly followed.

Ching Cheong
Ching Cheong
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Ching Cheong is a graduate of the University of Hong Kong. In his decades-long journalism career, he has specialized in political, military, and diplomatic news in Hong Kong, Beijing, Taipei, and Singapore.
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