As it prepares to appoint a new generation of leaders, China's ruling Communist Party faces increasing pressure to change. A series of scandals has chipped away at the party's image of unity and a weakening economy threatens to raise public dissatisfaction.<\/p>\n
In this episode of 101 East, we look at the significance of this once-in-a-decade handover and explore the different visions for changing China's leadership. Will China stick to the status quo, or will it reform in a planned methodical manner or in a flurry of protests from a disgruntled populace?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Whispers of Change (Al Jazeera) As it prepares to appoint a new generation of leaders, China's ruling Communist Party faces increasing pressure to change. A series of scandals has chipped away at the party's image of unity and a weakening economy threatens to raise public dissatisfaction. In this episode of 101 East, we look at the significance of this once-in-a-decade Continue Reading<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[6,2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stevenettleton.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/China-Whispers-of-Change-Mao-e1542438724452.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevenettleton.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevenettleton.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevenettleton.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevenettleton.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevenettleton.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2111"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stevenettleton.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2237,"href":"https:\/\/stevenettleton.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111\/revisions\/2237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevenettleton.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevenettleton.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevenettleton.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevenettleton.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}