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| What's it like to attend the Chinese Communist Party’s most important political meeting? Our correspondent, who was at the opening of the 20th National Congress, explains what it was like and what we might learn about Xi Jinping’s plans for China's future in the coming days 00:00 - What is the Chinese Communist Party congress? 00:38 - Our correspondent’s journey 01:50 - Xi Jinping's speech 02:55 - What else is on the agenda? Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3yJJsni Read all our coverage on China’s Communist Party congress: https://econ.st/3yMrm3O Learn more about China in our latest special report: https://econ.st/3ge8Aw3 The Communist Party congress will highlight Xi Jinping’s power: https://econ.st/3eB7UQH How Xi Jinping might change the Communist Party’s constitution: https://econ.st/3EO1NmJ Listen to “The Prince”, The Economist’s podcast series about Xi Jinping: https://econ.st/3s3hhfc After China’s party congress, is there hope of better policymaking? https://econ.st/3Tb2UBx New leaders will soon inhabit China’s top decision-making bodies: https://econ.st/3yMluYe An obsession with control is making China weaker but more dangerous: https://econ.st/3D3aJTX China has chilling plans for governing Taiwan: https://econ.st/3D4fgFR China is exerting greater power across Asia—and beyond: https://econ.st/3S99eZ1 China shows few signs of loosening its zero-covid policy: https://econ.st/3SgB5qg China’s rulers seem resigned to a slowing economy: https://econ.st/3D5DSOH China wants to change, or break, a world order set by others: https://econ.st/3CIqu1k |
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