'The world needs China for its development': Xi Jinping secures third term in power

China’s president Xi Jinping waves after introducing his new politburo, the nation’s top decision-making body, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 23rd. Photograph: by Noel Celis/AFP via Getty China's leader Xi Jinping has secured a third five-year term in office at the head of a new governing team dominated by his close allies but without an obvious successor. Shanghai party chief Li Qiang, who oversaw a two-month lockdown of the city in response to a coronavirus outbreak this year, emerged as the second-ranking figure and a likely prime minister. Mr Xi led the seven-person standing…