Challenges increase for China’s president, as 2020 nears

For China, this year 2019 was unbelievable: glorious celebrations have been organized to mark the 70 years since the People's Republic of China (PRC) was established, which President Mao had announced from the rostrum of Tiananmen Plaza after a bloody war against nationalist forces.

On the same spectrum as his predecessor, President Xi Jinping was on October 1, 2019: “No force can ever undermine China’s status, or sto....