Crossfiled1 outlets · filed 22 October 2026
Ahead of Communist Party plenum, Xi Jinping warns that China faces a ‘new Long March’
A strong and united party leadership is vital to victory, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a keynote speech on Thursday marking the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March. Speaking days before an important Communist Party meeting known as the fifth plenum, Xi said the party managed to
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Both outlets frame the story around Xi Jinping invoking the Long March ahead of the Communist Party plenum, and both connect that language to party discipline and cohesion. The South China Morning Post foregrounds Xi’s warning that China faces a “new Long March” and quotes him on the need for “strong and united” leadership, while The Economist recasts the theme more broadly as an effort to revive the Long March spirit and says that means keeping in lockstep with Xi.
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