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Originally set to focus on Hu Jintao’s rural reforms, the Communist Party of China Plenum — the annual event where the party presents its most recent internal discussions which closed Oct. 12 — had to shift its focus to include the domestic effect of the global economic slowdown.
This shift in emphasis highlights Beijing’s ongoing rural-urban dilemma. If the central government cannot appease its rural population while maintaining growth in coastal regions, Beijing faces not only an economic crisis, but also growing social instability that could portend a political crisis.
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