2022 Year in Review
The Year in Review is YDS’ biggest and most exciting publication of the year - featuring analysis that covers the most significant and impactful events that have shaped our world.
The 2022 Year in Review explores key events in all regions, from the overturning of Roe v Wade, the war in Ukraine, and the UK leadership crisis, this year’s edition is not one to miss!
Read it now !
The Year in Review is YDS’ biggest and most exciting publication of the year - featuring analysis that covers the most significant and impactful events that have shaped our world.
The 2022 Year in Review explores key events in all regions, from the overturning of Roe v Wade, the war in Ukraine, and the UK leadership crisis, this year’s edition is not one to miss!
Read it now !
P A G E 1 2Calvin Lu and Patrick Hession
From 16 October to 22 October 2022, the world turned its eye to the 20thNational Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, where the CommunistParty of China (CPC) discussed political developments in a room of around2,300 delegates. The Party Congress, which occurs every five years, sets theoverarching Party doctrine and selects who the new slate of leaders will befor a five-year term. The event is designed to be a highly routinised andchoreographed affair as seen by the praising of the party’s achievements andreaffirmation of broader overarching goals. In spite of this, outcomes fromthe Congress can subtly mark preludes to great changes in Chinese domesticand foreign policy. This necessitated ‘China experts’ to go beyond the ‘official’rhetoric to provide a more comprehensive evaluation of the 20th PartyCongress, including its broader significance. One notable example was thespeculative significance surrounding Hu Jintao being escorted from theconference, but other aberrations - the “diminution” of Deng Xiaoping’s“relaxation on ideology” via the four cardinal principles, as well as Xi’s changesin leadership personnel - were equally significant and provide a more indepthanalysis of China’s domestic and foreign policy agenda over the nextfive-to-ten years.WHAT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED?Kicking off the week-long event, Xi Jinping delivered a two-hour report wherehe covered the achievements of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC andthe Xi administration. Among these achievements include the CPC reachingits 100th anniversary, China completing its poverty alleviation and thusreaching its long-desired “moderately prosperous society”, and socialism withChinese characteristics entering a new era. Xi also outlined the CPC’s plansfor the future development of China against the backdrop of a slowingeconomy due to the strict “zero-covid’ policy and the fall in consumerconfidence after the CPC’s interventions in private markets, such as theproperty market.P A G E 1 3To achieve the future development goals of China, Xi discussed promotingthe Chinese concept of ‘Common Prosperity’, accelerating greentransformation, and the Dual Circulation Economy approach. Each of thesefuture development goals will now be explored in more detail.
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From 16 October to 22 October 2022, the world turned its eye to the 20th
National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, where the Communist
Party of China (CPC) discussed political developments in a room of around
2,300 delegates. The Party Congress, which occurs every five years, sets the
overarching Party doctrine and selects who the new slate of leaders will be
for a five-year term. The event is designed to be a highly routinised and
choreographed affair as seen by the praising of the party’s achievements and
reaffirmation of broader overarching goals. In spite of this, outcomes from
the Congress can subtly mark preludes to great changes in Chinese domestic
and foreign policy. This necessitated ‘China experts’ to go beyond the ‘official’
rhetoric to provide a more comprehensive evaluation of the 20th Party
Congress, including its broader significance. One notable example was the
speculative significance surrounding Hu Jintao being escorted from the
conference, but other aberrations - the “diminution” of Deng Xiaoping’s
“relaxation on ideology” via the four cardinal principles, as well as Xi’s changes
in leadership personnel - were equally significant and provide a more indepth
analysis of China’s domestic and foreign policy agenda over the next
five-to-ten years.
WHAT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED?
Kicking off the week-long event, Xi Jinping delivered a two-hour report where
he covered the achievements of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC and
the Xi administration. Among these achievements include the CPC reaching
its 100th anniversary, China completing its poverty alleviation and thus
reaching its long-desired “moderately prosperous society”, and socialism with
Chinese characteristics entering a new era. Xi also outlined the CPC’s plans
for the future development of China against the backdrop of a slowing
economy due to the strict “zero-covid’ policy and the fall in consumer
confidence after the CPC’s interventions in private markets, such as the
property market.
P A G E 1 3
To achieve the future development goals of China, Xi discussed promoting
the Chinese concept of ‘Common Prosperity’, accelerating green
transformation, and the Dual Circulation Economy approach. Each of these
future development goals will now be explored in more detail.
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