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China’s eighteenth National Communist
Party Congress has concluded with the unveiling of its new leadership team, the
Politburo Standing Committee. This is
the fourth leadership transition since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) came
to power in 1949 and marks the shift to China’s ‘fifth generation’ of political
leaders. The transition takes place as China
continues its ascendancy as a regional and global power and at the same time as
the CCP is attempting to manage a range of social, economic, and political challenges.
