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China's Xi Jinping emerges from the Communist Party congress with dominance

Xi Jinping has came out of the party congress stronger than ever after securing a third term as party boss and pushing all but his most loyal of allies out of the picture.
China's President Xi Jinping waves during the introduction of members of the Chinese Communist Party's new Politburo Standing Committee, the nation's top decision-making body, in Beijing on Sunday.
Updated October 23, 2022 at 6:06 AM ET

BEIJING — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has emerged from a twice-a-decade Communist Party congress stronger than ever after securing a third term as party boss and pushing all but his most loyal of allies out of the picture.

On Sunday, Xi smiled as he led the newly selected group of men at the pinnacle of power in China – the Politburo Standing Committee – onto a stage before the media. Xi

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