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As Neil Heywood lay dying from cyanide poisoning, he could not have known the plot to kill him would shake the Chinese Communist Party to its core and dramatically alter the rule of Xi Jinping.

It is a certainty that the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, will be confirmed in office at the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, currently being held in Beijing. At 69, Xi is also tipped to become the CCP chairman.

The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started on Sunday in Beijing, with Xi Jinping likely to be re-elected as the country's president during meetings behind closed doors at the Great Hall of the People.

Over its 101-year history, the Chinese Communist Party has never elected a woman to the party's top hierarchy standing committee. Women are left severely under-represented and face increasing challenges to have their say.

An ever-growing middle class has been emblematic of China’s ascent ever since Deng Xiaoping kicked off the country’s economic transformation in the 1980s. That progress now risks being reversed as millions of people in China face rising living costs, fierce professional competition, a real estate bubble and sluggish growth.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping opened the ruling Communist Party's twice-a-decade National Congress on Sunday, state media said. Read more on Dynamite News:

China’s economy is facing some of the worst headwinds in decades as the ruling Communist Party holds key congress.

China’s Communist Party is holding a historic Congress at which Xi Jinping is set to clinch an unprecedented third term.

From the son of a respected China reformer to the permanent leader of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping has reshaped China's domestic politics and international orders in the past decade, with experts predicting a more dominating and aggressive China in the next five years.