Xi Jinping: Chinese Communist Party to close key meeting as Xi Jinping strengthens his power

The sixth plenum of the central committee, a group of some 370 party members that chooses its new leaders every five years, has been meeting behind closed doors in Beijing since Monday, accompanied by a drumbeat of state media propaganda. The "historic resolution," only the party's third since its founding in 1921, officially concerns its 100-year achievements, but will also maintain Xi's authority as the party's "core", further strengthening his grip on power and laying the groundwork for what analysts typically expect to be a third term in a year. Although there was no official media coverage of the plenum…