China Announces Start Date for Twice-a-Decade Party Reshuffle
- Ruling Communist Party expected to kick off congress Oct. 18
- Much of top leadership are slated for replacement at event
on September 28, 2012 in Beijing, China.
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The Chinese Communist Party will likely begin its much-anticipated congress on Oct. 18, state media said, officially starting the clock on the country’s biggest political reshuffle since 2012.
The 19th Party Congress’s proposed start date was announced Thursday after a meeting of the party’s Politburo, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. While the schedule is technically a recommendation and requires approval from the broader Central Committee, that’s usually a formality.