Chinese President Xi Moves To Further Cement His Power

A screen displays a CCTV state media news broadcast showing Chinese President Xi Jinping addressing world leaders at the G20 meeting in Rome via video link at a shopping mall in Beijing, China, October 31, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter  

Reuters: China's Xi to cement authority, legacy in Communist Party resolution 

BEIJING, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to push through an historical resolution at a key Communist Party gathering next week, cementing his authority and legacy and strengthening his case for a precedent-breaking third term starting next year. 

A resolution on the "important achievements and historical experiences of the party's 100 years of struggle" will be discussed and almost certainly ratified by the ruling Communist Party's 300-plus member Central Committee when it meets Nov 8-11 for the sixth and penultimate plenum of its five-year term. 

"This resolution is a further move by Xi to consolidate power and lay the groundwork for a third term," said Yang Chaohui, who lectures on political science at Peking University. 

The so-called "historical resolution", the text of which has not been released, will be only the third, with the previous two put forth during the tenures of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. 

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