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China's leadership reshuffle 2017: Opinion
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William Zheng says President Xi Jinping’s plans for a modern socialist China by 2035 are more detailed and ambitious. But a debt-ridden economy needs new growth engines like technology and innovation, which is where businesses may find new opportunities

After upending the old rules, China’s most powerful leader in recent decades must now create a new system that will ensure transfer of power at the top remains peaceful and stable.

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Movie about an ex-soldier’s battle to pull his family out of rural hardship, inspired by Chinese president’s 2013 launch of anti-poverty strategy in a Hunan village, has benefited from relentless promotion by state media

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The Communist Party’s goal to build national power follows logically from its earlier focuses on national unity and wealth creation. But a political system that is ideologically driven and led by an almost all-powerful leader carries its own dangers.

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Momentous changes in China’s recent history have, in each case, taken place under the stewardship of a powerful leader. Xi is just the man to take the country forward in its quest now for global influence.

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The various hard and soft restraints instituted since Deng Xiaoping’s time to prevent the emergence of another Mao – including the principle of collective leadership – are more robust than observers believe.

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Whatever the Western media says, it is the party’s strong leadership that has been the cornerstone in transforming a poor developing country into the political and economic giant it is today

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