Excluding Mr. Xi and Mr. Li, the remaining five members of the Standing Committee of the Politburo, representing the top leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), are expected to be changed. “You have to take into account the large base figure of China’s economic aggregates. The moderate adjustment of the target signals a greater focus on the quality and returns of economic growth,” Xinhua quoted Zhang Zhao’an, vice-president of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, as saying. “We will make our skies blue again,” Mr. Li observed. Fumes at ‘independence’ wordHowever, Mr. Li warned that the notion of “Hong Kong independence” will lead nowhere.

Source: The Hindu March 05, 2017 10:26 UTC