As Party Gathers, Xi Jinping Displays a Firm Grip on Power The Chinese Communist Party, which took power in 1949, is about to overtake the Soviet Union’s as the longest-ruling Communist party in history. Xi Jinping wants to extend that run. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Ex-Governor of Rio de Janeiro Is Arrested on Corruption ChargesApútzio de Juárez Journal: ‘Ambition of Avocado’ Imperils Monarch Butterflies’ Winter HomeReview: An Anti-Nazi Protest in the Guise of OperaIn Estonia, Caution but Surprising Cheers for Trump’s VictoryProtest of U.S. Terror Listing Offers a Glimpse at Qaeda StrategySinosphere: With Fertility Rate in China Low, Some Press to Legalize Births Outside Marriage
