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This weekend in China will have arguably the biggest political event in a decade, if not for longer. All the big wigs in the Chinese Communist Party are coming together in Beijing for the party Congress. This year is especially important because this year Xi Jinping will be confirmed as ruler for at least another five years,. And that hasn't happened since Mao said so. Today Explained, Sean Ramos from here with the Washington Post's China correspondent, Christian Shepherd, who is currently based in Taipei.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is a product of Mao Zedong’s revolution. On Sunday, he'll become the most powerful Chinese leader since the Communist Party’s founder — and maybe the most powerful person in the world.

This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Additional production and fact checking by Siona Peterous, Avishay Artsy, Hady Mawajdeh, and Jillian Weinberger

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