Hong Kong (CNN) -- Well that's that. After one week of mingling with elite Party loyalists, China's Communist leaders have wrapped up their 18th National Congress. The next will be in five years time when the presumptive new president -- Xi Jinping -- delivers his thoughts on the challenges, ambitions and threats facing the world's most populous country. Read our live blog for the latest on China's new leaders His predecessor Hu Jintao fired a flare on the first day of the Congress about the threat of corruption and its power to potentially bring down China's Communist regime. "If we fail to handle this issue well, it could prove fatal to the party, and even cause the collapse of the party and the fall of the state," he told delegates.
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Experts explain what they think is China's biggest challenge
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Economist Li Gan stresses the country's need to get the poor spending
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Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt from International Crisis Group writes on China's foreign policy
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Issues of too many men, sustainable growth and factional splits are said to be issues
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