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A shadow over Xi’s next five years

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As we expected, Xi Jinping's lengthy speech to the opening session of the 20th Party Congress on Sunday signaled there will be no big shifts in policy over the next five years, although some policies will be reprioritized and repackaged.

His nearly two-hour address – a summary of the full 72-page,...