Why Chinas Economy Keeps Hitting the Same Dead End Under the CCPNo Matter Whos in Power

An anti-terror police officer patrols with his gun on Tiananmen Square on Nov. 8, 2013, in Beijing, China, part of the security in place for the Chinese Communist Partys the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee. At the plenum, which meets from Nov. 9 to 12, significant reforms are expected to be introduced. Feng Li/Getty ImagesNews AnalysisChina’s Fourth Plenum recently wrapped up with a familiar pledge: The next five-year plan will deliver “high-quality development” and “technological self-reliance” under even tighter Chinese Communist Party (CCP) control. Officials were told to brave “high winds, choppy waves, and even dangerous storms.”