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Opinion

Chinese Communist Party plenum offers no solutions to Xi's problems

Communique did not discuss how to end Hong Kong protests or US trade war

| China

The Chinese Communist Party usually unveils ambitious programs at the annual plenum, or meeting, of its Central Committee. In January last year, the second plenum of the 19th committee endorsed constitutional amendments that would remove the presidential term limit and potentially enable President Xi Jinping to rule for life.

At the third plenum, unusually convened slightly more than a month later, the committee approved a far-reaching plan to restructure party and government agencies.

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