FILE – In this Sept. 30, 2017 file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping walks across the Monument to the People’s Heroes during a ceremony marking Martyrs’ Day at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Under President Xi, China’s ruling Communist Party is
FILE – In this Sept. 30, 2017 file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping walks across the Monument to the People’s Heroes during a ceremony marking Martyrs’ Day at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Under President Xi, China’s ruling Communist Party is reasserting itself after years of waning influence over the daily affairs of its citizens, even while it maintained an iron grip on the military and political system. Those efforts will likely get a boost when the party meets for its national congress, when Xi is expected to receive a second term as party leader. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)