Meeting gives China’s Xi a chance to tighten hold on economy

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate BEIJING (AP) — At the Communist Party congress that begins Sunday, President Xi Jinping, China's most influential figure in decades, will get a chance to install more allies who share his vision of an even more dominant party role in the economy and tighter control over entrepreneurs. The only question, economists and political analysts say, is whether China's economic doldrums might force Xi to temper his enthusiasm for a state-run economy and include supporters of the markets and private enterprises that generate jobs and wealth. The congress will name…