The Prince bonus 2: The 20th party congress

<p>Host Sue-Lin Wong dissects the unexpected and the foreseen from the Chinese Communist Party’s five-yearly meeting, with <em>The Economist</em>’s Beijing bureau chief David Rennie, who was there. How did Xi Jinping use the event to tighten his grip on power?&nbsp;</p><br><p>Listen to <em>The Economist</em>’s new weekly China podcast Drum Tower<a href="https://econ.st/3TSfRAw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> here</a></p><br><p>Subscribe to <em>The Economist </em>with the best offer at <a href="http://www.economist.com/chinapod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">economist.com/chinapod</a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>