New Politburo Standing Committee members, led by Xi Jinping, arrive to meet the media following the 20th National Congress of the CCP in Beijing, China October 23, 2022 [Tingshu Wang/ Reuters]
Zero Hedge/Epoch Times: Meet The 7 Men Who Will Rule China
Led by Xi Jinping, the seven men strode on the red carpet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 23, revealing the new generation of China’s ruling elites.
These powerful officials are members of the Politburo Standing Committee, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) top decision-making body.
Current leader Xi heads the committee again after closed-door meetings at which roughly 370 hand-picked Party representatives rubber-stamped the committee’s members.
The lineup at the conclusion of the 20th Party Congress demonstrates Xi’s further consolidation of power, with all four newly appointed members being his protégés and allies.
The following are the members who will run the Party for the next five years.
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Update: Who’s on China’s new Politburo Standing Committee? (Al Jazeera).
WNU Editor: Security and foreign policy will be the priority for this Politburo Standing committee, not the economy .... It looks like China’s Xi ‘installed a war cabinet’ and removed the reformers, says Kyle Bass (Market Watch).
Gatestone Institute Senior Fellow Gordon Chang has a similar view (see video below).
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