Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping has elected an entirely new team after winning a historic third term through the 20th National Congress to reduce the likelihood that he will face a political challenge. This is because the top leader is likely to impose more stringent policies regarding the economy and human rights in Beijing.
Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping has elected an entirely new team after winning a historic third term through the 20th National Congress to reduce the likelihood that he will face a political challenge. This is because the top leader is likely to impose more stringent policies in Beijing regarding the economy, foreign relations and human rights.
The seven most important figures in China now make up the party's new standing committee, headed by Xi. Six were hand-picked by the President and are completely devoted to him. According to the Hong Kong Post, there is no place for disagreement in this heterogeneous 'democratic' system.
Senior leaders whose names circulated in the months preceding the Congress were not included in the final list.
These included Hu Chunhua and Wang Yang, two credible candidates for the Standing Committee. Despite being reasonably pro-reform and having a reputation for experimentation, both were completely barred from power. He was not included in the 25-person Politburo, but Wang, a former member of the previous Standing Committee, did not make it to the Central Committee's list of more than 200 members, the Hong Kong Post reports.
On the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, Xi's key advisers were promoted, but for the first time in years, no woman was able to secure a place in the top leadership position.
All elected members are vulnerable political members with no family ties, to reduce the likelihood that Xi will face a political challenge.
The only exception is Wang Huning, a nationalist theorist who was close to previous presidents.
Li Qiang will be the most important member of the group officially elected to the Standing Committee, but in reality, he may be the least 'powerful'. He was the second person to take the stage after Xi last week and will replace Li Keqiang when he officially steps down in March.
Hu Jintao was recently unfairly thrown out of the 20th Party Congress by Xi Jinping, demonstrating the Chinese leader's desire to retain total power.
After being elected to China's third term as president, Xi has begun expelling veteran party leaders.
Earlier in 2015, Xi assisted in the detention of a top aide, Ling Zihua, who belonged to the same influential network as the previous leaders. In addition to being expelled from Congress, it was said that Xi had planned the entire incident to publicly embarrass his predecessor – possibly using party disciplinary measures as a pretext for legal action against him. After, according to the Hong Kong Post.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has shown at the 20th National Congress that President Xi Jinping is the center of Chinese power and no one would dare challenge him.
To demonstrate that he can act whenever he wants, Xi packed the Politburo Standing Committee with his closest comrades, claims ethnic Mongolian rights campaigner Xi Hamming, who lives in Germany.
A Chinese journalist, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal, claimed that China is now firmly back in the Mao era.
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