Taiwan official sees Communist Party meeting paving way for Xi’s 4th term

Shen Yu-chung, deputy minister of Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council, which oversees cross-strait policy, said at a Taipei symposium on Monday the fifth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee “further consolidated Xi Jinping’s position as the unquestionable central leader, whose authority cannot be challenged.” The four-day session adopted a resolution on “persevering with full and rigorous party self-governance,” Chinese state-run media said, with a vow to continue the party’s fight against corruption and officially approving the expulsion of former senior officials, including top general Zhang Youxia. Shen predicted Beijing would seek to challenge the jurisdiction and law enforcement authority of…