Minxin Pei is professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and a nonresident senior fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
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China's Communist Party congress is not just about Xi Jinping
Event will set the tone for economic and foreign policy for the next decade
President Xi Jinping toasts during a dinner reception on the eve of the National Day holiday in Beijing on Sept. 30: The ruling regime needs to establish more clarity on who will succeed him. © AP
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