How Xi Jinping could rule China for life
In Beijing, the last major Central Committee meeting before next year’s 20th Party Congress is underway. Officially, the agenda for this week’s nonpublic meeting of China’s 200 or so party leaders focuses on an updated resolution on the history of the Chinese Communist Party, or CCP.
The bigger story, however, is how incumbent CCP leader Xi Jinping will continue to rule China going forward. What are his options?
China experts Richard McGregor and Jude Blanchette suggest two approaches: The CCP could extend Xi’s tenure as the general party secretary for a third term — or Xi could retire from that office but continue to rule from behind the curtains.… Seguir leyendo »