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Does Xi Jinping really want reform? If so, he would unravel China

As the Communist Party starts its plenum, what's at stake is not economics, but political power

9 November 2013

9:00 AM

9 November 2013

9:00 AM

It is now 35 years since Deng Xiaoping gained mastery of China and launched a process that changed the world. The diminutive, chain-smoking ‘paramount leader’ adopted market economics to make his nation a great power once again and to cement the rule of the Communist party with no room for political liberalisation.

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Jonathan Fenby is author of Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, and China director of the research service Trusted Sources.

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