China’s Communist Party hails ‘helmsman’ Xi after ‘historic’ plenum

China’s Communist Party hails ‘helmsman’ Xi after ‘historic’ plenum

A day after the Communist Party passed a “historical” resolution elevating the status of Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a par with its tallest past leaders, China’s ruling party referred to Mr. Xi as its “helmsman”, a title previously only reserved for Mao Zedong.