The leaders of the world's most powerful political party gather in Beijing on Monday for a conclave that could change the course of Chinese history.
In meetings at the exclusive Jingxi Hotel, safe from the public's prying eyes, nearly 400 top members of the Chinese Communist Party will confer for four days, discussing changes to how the giant party will be managed.
The meeting, according to the official Xinhua News service, will focus on the issue of "party discipline".
The dry rhetoric hides what may be a ferocious, high-stakes battle for control over the world's second largest economy.
The Sixth Plenum, as the meeting is known, comes as the party -- which has more than 88 million members -- faces a period of tectonic change.
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