Xi Jinping was handed a third term as Chinese president on Friday, capping a rise that has seen him become the country's most powerful leader in generations.
Xi Jinping was handed a third term as Chinese president on Friday, capping a rise that has seen him become the country's most powerful leader in generations.
Those issues have been avoided at this week's National People's Congress , a carefully choreographed event that is also set to appoint Xi ally Li Qiang as the new premier. Adrian Geiges, co-author of "Xi Jinping: The Most Powerful Man in the World," told AFP he did not think Xi was motivated by a desire for personal enrichment, despite international media investigations having revealed his family's amassed wealth."He really has a vision about China, he wants to see China as the most powerful country in the world.
But the beginning of his unprecedented third term leading China comes as the world's second-largest economy faces major headwinds, from slowing growth and a troubled real estate sector to a declining birth rate.
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