China's new Politburo Standing Committee members (L-R) Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang and Li Zhanshu, arrive to meet with the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 25, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee
Reuters: China unveils new leadership line-up, no obvious Xi successor
BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s Communist Party revealed its new leadership helmed by President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, breaking with recent precedent by failing to include a clear successor to the president among the seven-man line-up.
Apart from Xi, Premier Li Keqiang was the only one to retain his spot amid sweeping changes on the Politburo Standing Committee, the height of power in the world’s second-largest economy.
Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji and Han Zheng were promoted, replacing five retiring members including anti-corruption chief Wang Qishan, a key Xi ally. All seven are in their 60s, and for the first time no Standing Committee member will have been born before the 1949 Communist revolution.
Guangdong party secretary Hu Chunhua and Chongqing party boss Chen Miner had been previously seen as prominent contenders to succeed Xi among the party’s so-called sixth generation of leaders but were not included in the Standing Committee. Instead, both were named to the wider 25-member Politburo, a rung below the Standing Committee.
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WNU Editor: The media is saying that there is no clear candidate to replace President Xi in 5 years. My take is different .... there are a lot of candidates to replace President Xi when the next Party Congress convenes in 5 years. I will have more on this subject later today.
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2 comments:
WNU,
" there are a lot of candidates to replace President Xi when the next Party Congress convenes in 5 years."
You've got that right. I don't think it's over for Chunhua or Miner, Xi can't get rid of them, but he can keep them where he can watch them. Xi must remember you don't always get to pick your own successor, as a matter of fact it's rather rare that you do.
Men in black?
Three stooges?
Mao and his two friends?
Stalin and his two friends?
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