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18th Party Congress
![Just Who is Xi Jinping? Just Who is Xi Jinping?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sizes/thumbnail/xi.jpg)
Just Who is Xi Jinping?
In the coming weeks, analysts around the globe will make their predictions regarding China’s presumed next leader. The task won’t be easy.
![Will the Real Chinese Leaders Please Stand Up? Will the Real Chinese Leaders Please Stand Up?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sizes/thumbnail/1576_5243792222ada.jpg)
Will the Real Chinese Leaders Please Stand Up?
Names being floated for the next Politburo Standing Committee show two very different directions for China.
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Why Bo Had To Go
When Xi Jinping takes office in November he will face serious challenges, but the Bo case is not likely to be one of them.
![Is China's Communist Party Doomed? Is China's Communist Party Doomed?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sizes/thumbnail/Greathallceiling.jpg)
Is China's Communist Party Doomed?
Could Beijing’s ruling elite succumb to the same fate as those in the former Soviet Union? Perhaps.
![The Consequences of a Slowing Chinese Economy The Consequences of a Slowing Chinese Economy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sizes/thumbnail/8116_5243b9d51f1d5.jpg)
The Consequences of a Slowing Chinese Economy
China’s economy is cooling. It can only mean bad news for the Asia-Pacific, and the global economy.
![Where in the World is Xi Jinping? Where in the World is Xi Jinping?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sizes/thumbnail/1718_52437f86340ba.jpg)
Where in the World is Xi Jinping?
With China’s President-in-waiting cancelling meetings with foreign dignitaries, speculation has run wild.
![The Perils of Predicting Chinese Politics The Perils of Predicting Chinese Politics](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sizes/thumbnail/3373_5243912951d5a.jpg)
The Perils of Predicting Chinese Politics
Speculation is mounting over the next generation of China’s leadership. Expect the unexpected.
![China's Greatest Challenge: Not America, But Itself China's Greatest Challenge: Not America, But Itself](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sizes/thumbnail/Xi-white-house.jpg)
China's Greatest Challenge: Not America, But Itself
China faces tough economic, demographic and social issues it must deal with. Foreign affairs may take a back seat.