China’s Communist Party praises Xi as Marxist thinker

Chinese President Xi Jinping, third from left, waves as he walks in with other members of the Chinese Politburo Beijing’s Great Hall of the People Wednesday, Oct 25, 2017. The seven-member Standing Committee, the inner circle of Chinese political power, was paraded in front of assembled media on the first day following the end of the 19th Communist Party Congress. Members are, from left, Li Zhanshu, Wang Huning, Xi, Li Keqiang, Wang Yang and Han Zheng. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)