Today's article is about the coming People's Congress of China from France 24 dated October 14, 2022.
French Original
XXe Congrès du PCC : pour Xi Jinping, le sacre ou le début du déclin
Le Parti communiste chinois organise, à partir de dimanche, son XXe Congrès, une grand-messe qui promet d’entrer dans l’Histoire : Xi Jinping devrait devenir le premier dirigeant chinois depuis Mao Zedong à faire trois mandats successifs. Mais le grand raout du PCC devrait aussi permettre de jauger l’ampleur réelle de la mainmise de Xi Jinping sur le parti.
English Translation
XX Congress of the CPC: for Xi Jinping, the coronation or the beginning of the decline
The Chinese Communist Party is organizing, from Sunday, its XX Congress, a high mass which promises to go down in history: Xi Jinping should become the first Chinese leader since Mao Zedong to serve three successive terms. But the CCP's big rally should also make it possible to gauge the real extent of Xi Jinping's hold on the party.
Words & Phrases
<A>
à partir de: from
ampleur: scale, size
aussi: also
<C>
chinois: Chinese
communiste
congrè: congress
<D>
déclin: decline
devenir: to become
devrait > devoir: should
dimanche: Sunday
dirigeant: leader
<E>
entrer: enter
<G>
grand-messe: high mass
<H>
histoire: history
<J>
jauger: to size up
<M>
mainmise: seizure
mandat: mandate, power of attorney
<O>
organise > organiser: organize
ou: or
<P>
parti: party
permettre: permit, allow
promet > promettre: promise
<R>
raout: party
réelle > réel: real
<S>
sacre: coronation
successif: succesive
