China’s Xi Targets Tech Elites for Communist Party Outreach Push
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If Chinese technology tycoons such as Jack Ma and Lei Jun didn’t already realize their special significance to the Communist Party, Xi Jinping has made it official.
The Chinese president for the first time Wednesday designated “representatives of new media” as a key focus for the ruling party’s outreach, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. The move elevates elites in China’s booming Internet sector to a level of strategic importance on par with ethnic minority leaders or Taiwan’s political parties.