China’s Xi Promotes No Clear Heir, Opening Door to Stay in Power For Decades
- Five new Standing Committee members too old for succession
- Xi has amassed enough power to rule China for decades more
Xi Presents New Politburo
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Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled a new leadership line-up that didn’t include a clear potential heir, breaking with a quarter-century-old succession system and raising the chances that he might seek to stay in office beyond 2022.
“Forty years of reform and opening up has made it possible for our people to lead decent, even comfortable lives,” Xi said in remarks to reporters in Beijing. “It’s my conviction that the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will become a reality.”