Xi Faces Unaccustomed Headwinds in 3rd Term Bid
Protests over banks, mortgage strike and potential domestic opponents challenge China’s leader
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s plans to give himself an unprecedented third term at the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) later this year face more turbulent headwinds than expected, although few think he will be thwarted.
Nonetheless, Xi is facing a massive mortgage boycott from bilked Chinese homebuyers, protests over bank deposit free…
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