All-conquering Xi: China heralds its leader in ecstatic Beijing exhibition

The Five Years On exhibit marks the end of Xi Jinping’s first term in power but some wonder whether he will ever relinquish his leadership

When Soviet architect Sergei Andreyev designed the Beijing Exhibition Centre more than six decades ago, it symbolised the awkward alliance between Chairman Mao’s China and the USSR.

In the autumn of 2017 it has become a monument to just one man.

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