China's New President Takes Power

It’s Official

Updated Apr. 21, 2017 11:57AM EDT / Published Mar. 14, 2013 9:32AM EDT

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Xi will now take your questions. Bringing a close to a frustrating four-month wait, China’s Communist Party made the official transition of power to its new leader, President Xi Jinping. The move implies that the Chinese government is holding true to a vow to listen more attentively to the increasingly “impatient public” in China. A mere three months after being appointed the party's general secretary and chairman of the Central Military Commission, Xi was elected president of the Communist Party. With three major titles, he wields a massive amount of power. Let's see what he does with it.

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China's New President Takes Power

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