Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday unveiled the new members of the Communist party’s highest decision-making body who for the next five years will rule the world’s second-largest economy. On Tuesday, Xi himself got a renewed mandate to continue as the general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the world’s largest political party, for another five years. Chinese President Xi Jinping walks to the lectern to deliver his speech during the opening session of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 18, 2017. “In the next five years to come, the two greatest domestic and foreign relations challenges facing Xi Jinping are: 1) to turn around the economic down-turn and 2) the North Korean nuclear issue. Painted portraits of Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and late communist leader Mao Zedong at a market in Beijing on September 19, 2017.

Source: Hindustan Times October 25, 2017 01:47 UTC