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China’s Perennial Succession Problem

Xi Jinping, the paramount leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), has a problem.

It isn’t a new one, and it doesn’t involve Donald Trump, the US 7th Fleet, Taiwan, deflation, or unemployment.

Mr Xi’s problem is that he needs to retain as much power as he can, for as long a possible, while grooming a successor who will protect and promote his legacy. T...

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What’s Going On?

BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Thursday held a symposium to mark the 110th anniversary of the birth of Hu Yaobang *, a former prominent leader of the Party, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of...

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Xi’s Purge: Who’s No Longer Who

CCP Chinese Communist Party PLA People’s Liberation Army

PBSC Politburo Standing Committee MAC Military Affairs Committee

PB Politburo MR Military Region

CC Central Committee         ...

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Who’s Running Xi Jinping’s Purge?

Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) member Li Xi has headed the party Discipline Inspection Commission (DIC) since October 2022, when he joined the PBSC. All previous DIC Secretaries since Chen Yun (DIC 1st Secretary 12/78-10/87) have been members of the PBSC. Since the 20th Party Congress, Li Xi has also headed the Central Leading Group for Inspec...

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Xi Cleans House (again)

There have been several large-scale purges in China since 1949; we’re currently in the eighth one in 75 years. Gao Gang & Rao Shushi; Peng Dehuai & friends; Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, and much of the rest of the top leadership during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution; and heir apparent Lin Biao were all removed from office under Mao Zedong.

After hi...

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