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      "date": "2007-12-05",
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      "title": "China\u2019s 17th Communist Party Congress, 2007: Leadership and Policy Implications",
      "summary": "The Chinese Communist Party\u2019s 17th Congress, held from October 15 to 21, 2007, demonstrated the Party\u2019s efforts to try to adapt and redefine itself in the face of emerging economic and social challenges while still trying to maintain its authoritarian one-Party rule. The Congress validated and re-emphasized the priority on continued economic development; expanded that concept to include more balanced and sustainable development; announced that the Party would seek to broaden political participation by expanding intra-Party democracy; and selected two potential rival candidates, Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang, with differing philosophies (rather than one designated successor-in-waiting) as possibilities to succeed to the top Party position in five years. More will be known about the Party\u2019s future prospects and the relative influence of its two potential successors once the National People\u2019s Congress meets in early 2008 to select key government ministers. This report will not be updated.",
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