How China's Party Congress is less about 'reform' and more about 'security'

As always with the National Congress of the Communist Party of China - the twice-a-decade party congress that dictates economic and political direction for the world's second largest economy - it's the spaces in between the pronouncements that speak loudest. While the the long-term high-quality growth narrative remains, the message beneath this layer emphasised less “reform” and more "security". On Sunday (October 16), Chinese President Xi Jinping - who has almost secured a prec…