The Ideological Shift Behind Xi's Clean Sweep – The Diplomat
A multi-year effort has brought strongman rule back into the Communist Party liturgy.
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A multi-year effort has brought strongman rule back into the Communist Party liturgy.
Beijing’s call for “fighters” in leadership roles at the National Congress signals a battle with the West for dominance in tech.
Days after his dominant showing at the 20th Party Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping led the newly appointed Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) on a visit to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) base of operations in the War with Japan and the Chinese Civil War in Yan’an, Shaanxi, (Xinhuanet, October 27). A key theme of the visit was that the CCP’s achievement of political unity in the Yan’an era (1935-1948) enabled it to overcome much stronger foes. The leadership toured the site where the Seventh Party Congress was held in mid-1945 following the “Yan'an Rectification Movem...
Revisiting the resilience of the age limit norm and exploring two counterfactuals.
China and Vietnam vowed on Tuesday to further strengthen and deepen their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, and reiterated the vital importance of properly handling their differences and upholding peace and stability in the South China Sea.