
Hong Kong/Beijing
CNN
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As President Donald Trump unleashes sweeping changes across the US government and overturns decades of American foreign policy, Chinese leader Xi Jinping is preparing to hold a major political gathering designed to project something else: tightly-controlled stability.
Thousands of delegates are arriving in the Chinese capital this week for the country’s “two sessions” annual meeting, a highly choreographed spectacle where Xi and his officials will broadcast China as a major power that’s confident in its direction and steadily advancing its tech prowess and global rise.
That metaphoric split screen between the two powers will be in the…