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CCP Constitution Amendment May Signal Xi’s Power

As state media and Party officials kick their adoration of President Xi Jinping into overdrive ahead of the 19th Party Congress—an event long expected to see the further consolidation of Xi Jinping’s heavily fortified cache of power—Xinhua News Agency reported this week that the CCP’s Party Constitution will be amended at the meeting, which will begin on October 18. According to Xinhua, the change will “represent the latest sinicization of Marxism,