In the past five years, Beijing's relationship with countries like Australia and the US has become increasingly strained and fractured, with president Xi Jinping turning to nations like Russia for support.

Now the Chinese leader is about to be endorsed for another unprecedented five-year term at the Communist party's congress that began on the weekend. 

Today, ABC East Asia correspondent Bill Birtles, on what that could mean for world order.

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Bill Birtles, ABC East Asia correspondent