News Snapshot:
When the People’s Republic of China celebrates its 73rd National Day on Saturday, the country will take a back seat to the Communist Party and the man who has dominated it for the past decade: President Xi Jinping. The anniversary marks the beginning of what will be almost a full month of patriotic pageantry, culminating with Xi’s unprecedented appointment to a third term as party general secretary and head of the Chinese military at a quinquennial party congress scheduled to open on October 16th. Xi’s reappointment as head of state will not be rubber-stamped until China’s parliament, the National People’s...
