Beijing silent on key meeting amid growing dissent in party ranks

Beijing silent on key meeting amid growing dissent in party ranks

China's ruling Communist Party appears to have postponed a key political meeting, in a move analysts said suggests that party leader Xi Jinping faces strong currents of dissent from within party ranks that he may not be able to keep under wraps at a plenary session. The third plenary session of the Central Committee – the party's biggest decision-making body – is typically held a year after a new leadership takes power, yet Xi's third term in o…