In this Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017 photo, a security person approaches a woman near the slogan “Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China” at a shopping district where security has been tightened ahead of the party congress
In this Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017 photo, a security person approaches a woman near the slogan “Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China” at a shopping district where security has been tightened ahead of the party congress in Beijing. Under President Xi Jinping, 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/Ng Han Guan)
