China’s Communist Party has been celebrating 60 years in power. During those decades, the party has shown a remarkable ability to reinvent itself and pragmatically adjust to the times, without letting go of the core levers of authoritarian power. In the final part of the series, Mary Kay Magistad reports on whether China’s Communists can continue to deliver economic growth and still maintain tight political control.
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