Xi Jinping’s recent speeches have stressed the need for China to become more self-reliant. Photo: Xinhua Xi Jinping’s recent speeches have stressed the need for China to become more self-reliant. Photo: Xinhua
Xi Jinping’s recent speeches have stressed the need for China to become more self-reliant. Photo: Xinhua
China /  Politics

China’s leaders start charting course for next five years in their major policy meeting, the Fifth Plenum, with economy and US friction in spotlight

  • The Communist Party’s fifth plenum started in Beijing with an address by Xi Jinping outlining his major policy objectives
  • The new five-year plan is expected to include measures to simulate domestic economy as country braces for further confrontation with US

Topic |   China’s Communist Party
William ZhengEcho Xie
William Zheng and Echo Xie

Updated: 12:47am, 27 Oct, 2020

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Xi Jinping’s recent speeches have stressed the need for China to become more self-reliant. Photo: Xinhua Xi Jinping’s recent speeches have stressed the need for China to become more self-reliant. Photo: Xinhua
Xi Jinping’s recent speeches have stressed the need for China to become more self-reliant. Photo: Xinhua
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