In Break With Precedent, No Heir Apparent For China's Xi Jinping
Normally at this stage in a Chinese president's tenure, a successor would be obvious. But not for President Xi Jinping. That has left to speculation he might want to hold onto power past 2022.
by Scott Neuman
Oct 25, 2017
1 minute
There was only one thing missing from the newly anointed leadership lineup announced at the close of China's Communist Party Congress on Wednesday: an obvious successor for President Xi Jinping.
Xi, as expected, received another five-year term. But normally at this
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