All the President’s Men Who Will Secure Xi’s Rule
There’s a lot standing in the way of Xi’s ambitions; not the least are the challenges of his own making.
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Source: Bloomberg
The line up for the new leadership of China’s Communist Party is out. It’s a clean sweep for President Xi Jinping.
The new Politburo Standing Committee — China’s most powerful governing body — is stuffed with his men, including Shanghai party secretary Li Qiang, Guangdong province’s party chief Li Xi, Beijing party secretary Cai Qi, and Xi’s chief of staff Ding Xuexiang. Li Qiang, who oversaw Shanghai’s brutal lockdown earlier in the year, is likely to become China’s next premier, judging by the order of the names that appeared. For the first time in 25 years, there is no woman in the 25-member Politburo, even though Xi vowed in his party congress speech last weekend to uphold gender equality.