Xi Jinping’s Marathon Speech: Five Takeaways

By CHRIS BUCKLEY and KEITH BRADSHER, 
President Xi Jinping of China delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the 19th Communist Party congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday. Andy Wong/Associated Press
BEIJING — As Xi Jinping’s first five-year term as China’s leader ends, he gave himself a shining report card on Wednesday — and a big to-do list for his next five years. Speaking at the start of a Communist Party congress in Beijing, Mr. Xi gave a work report that summed up his achievements so far, while also laying out where he wants to take China in his second term, which starts after this congress. Sitting at a podium before 2,300 delegates, he spoke for 205 minutes, long enough that his predecessor, Hu Jintao, pointed at his watch when Mr. Xi finally finished.

 

From The New York Times, 10/18/17