The Chinese president has a huge opportunity to shape China’s statement of policy on cross-strait relations. Brookings Institute’s Richard C Bush gives his two cents on what the general secretary might say.

Financial Times
Date: 14 Oct 2017
By: Richard C Bush

WASHINGTON: No, I have not been given a draft text of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at a plenary session during the BRICS Summit in Xiamen, Fujian province on Sep 4, 2017. (Photo: REUTERS/Fred Dufour)

report to the 19th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress, which will serve as the principal policy and programmatic document of the conclave.

So I don’t know specifically what the section on Taiwan will say, but I can guess parts of it, based on previous reports. Those will provide the benchmark for assessing the significance of what Xi says during the meeting, which begins on Oct 18.
[FULL  STORY]