When Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang officially take over as the president and the premier of China in March next year, will anything change for that country's millions of Christians who are part of the house church movement? This question, which many are asking, must not overlook China's political system.While the names of the new leaders were officially announced this month, the succession actually began five years ago when Xi and Li were anointed as Hu Jintao's and Wen Jiabao's successors respectively. They were groomed all these years to become the top leaders of the world's second-most-powerful country.There is little room for anything significant to happen suddenly in China's politics. What is expected most from a new leadership is to maintain the continuity, while all major policy changeswith long-term planningare made by consensus. Therefore, no individual has the power to take a major ...read more: http://www.charismanews.com/world/34876-chinas-house-churches-continue-growing-in-face-of-persecution
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