( ) -q-21- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “a top leader.” China’s national congress has concluded its annual session with the usual show of near-unanimous support for the ruling Communist Party’s blueprint for the year. [CutID: <Cuts> CHINA-CONGRESS-house-q-MONam.mp3 Time: 21s Title: CHINA-CONGRESS-house-q-MONam Out-cue: a top leader] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The National People’s Congress approved […]
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China’s congress ends with a show of unity behind Xi’s vision
( ) -q-21- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “a top leader.”
China’s national congress has concluded its annual session with the usual show of near-unanimous support for the ruling Communist Party’s blueprint for the year.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The National People’s Congress approved a revised law that directs China’s cabinet to follow Xi’s vision.
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VERBATIM: The weeklong event has highlighted how China’s politics have become ever more calibrated to elevate leader Xi Jinping. The agenda lacked the usual news conference by the premier, who in the past was largely in charge of economic affairs as the party’s No. 2 leader. It was the one time each year when journalists could directly question a top leader.