Xi consolidates his rule as economic problems mount

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Gideon talks to economist Linda Yueh of Oxford university about recent dramatic developments at the Chinese Communist party’s congress in Beijing. They discuss what the growing centralisation in China tells us about how Xi Xinping will handle the private sector, the property crisis and international tensions over Taiwan.

Clips: CGTN; CNA

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