The communist regime in China kicked off a major party meeting on Nov. 8, a political event that China experts said has implications for the Sino–U.S. relationship. The four-day meeting, attended by Party officials making up the regime’s powerful Central Committee, is being held at China’s capital Beijing behind closed doors. It is a pivotal plenary political gathering ahead of the 20th National Party Congress in autumn next year, when the regime will usher in a new group of top leaders. Currently, Chinese leader Xi Jinping is eyeing an unprecedented third five-year term in office after becoming paramount leader in 2012. As a result, the plenary meeting, officially known as the Sixth Plenum, will set the tone for his moves to retain command of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Chinese military next year. Two China experts, in separate interviews with The Epoch Times on Monday, explained why the …