NewsChina - January 2014

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The cover story \"Gateway to Change?\" features the Third Plenum of the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee in Beijing, in which the CPC outlined a new road map for reforms in the next decade.
Special Report: \"China 2013:Change and Challenge\"- In 2013 China\'s new leadership took full charge of a Communist Party increasingly concerned with a myriad of challenges from within and outside the country\'s borders.
Politics: \"The Lawyer\'s Story\"- Wang Zhaofeng, a veteran lawyer, got the shock of his life when he was asked to represent disgraced former Politburo member Bo Xilai at the trial of the decade.
Economy: \"Leading to the Poor\"- To help with poverty alleviation, China is expected to let NGOs and the market play a bigger role in microfinance.
Environment: \"Breathing Space\"- Cross-region campaigns to combat smog, such as that launched between Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei Province, are choking on regional protectionism.