At the CCP congress, Xi Jinping gives himself a thunderous applause

Folk outfits and acquired public: Sunday’s opening of the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) looked like a meeting for President Xi Jinping, on his way to a 3rd term that would make him the most powerful leader of China since Mao Tse-tung. In the imposing People’s Palace, which dominates Tiananmen Square in … Read more