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October 24, 2022

Them’s fightin’ words

How will China’s top policymakers – the newly elected 205 members of the Party’s Central Committee – battle Western pressure over key issues such as Taiwan, Xinjiang, and tech competition? It’s hard to know exactly, but we can take an educated guess. The Party prefers to leave nothing to chance: I… Username Password Remember Me… Read More »

How will China's top policymakers – the newly elected 205 members of the Party's Central Committee – battle Western pressure over key issues such as Taiwan, Xinjiang, and tech competition?

It’s hard to know exactly, but we can take an educated guess.

The Party prefers to leave nothing to chance: I...

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Xinhua: 高举伟大旗帜　谱写崭新篇章——新一届中共中央委员会和中共中央纪律检查委员会诞生记

October 24, 2022

Top two econ officials face learning curve

What does the Party’s new lineup mean for economic policy? The short answer: We don’t know yet. Who will oversee which policy portfolios will only become clear over the next few months. But we do know Xi Jinping will continue to be the decisive force on all major policies: As we’ve seen over the …

What does the Party's new lineup mean for economic policy?
The short answer: We don’t know yet.

Who will oversee which policy portfolios will only become clear over the next few months.

But we do know Xi Jinping will continue to be the decisive force on all major policies:

As we've seen over the ...

October 24, 2022

Will He Lifeng have an outsized role?

Remember to close the door on the way out. The Party is set to usher in a new, fresh-faced economic and financial leadership team in coming months – with most of the current economic and financial brass expected to step down next March, including: Liu He, Vice Premier and Xi Jinping’s “econ czar” G…

Remember to close the door on the way out.
The Party is set to usher in a new, fresh-faced economic and financial leadership team in coming months – with most of the current economic and financial brass expected to step down next March, including:

Liu He, Vice Premier and Xi Jinping's "econ czar"
G...

October 24, 2022

Xi runs the table with new PBSC

Finally, the moment we’ve all been waiting for. Around noon on Sunday, the seven members of the Party’s latest Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) – China’s most powerful decision-making body – walked out, in the order of their Party ranking, into a media-packed room inside Beijing’s Great Hall of t…

Finally, the moment we’ve all been waiting for.
Around noon on Sunday, the seven members of the Party's latest Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) – China's most powerful decision-making body – walked out, in the order of their Party ranking, into a media-packed room inside Beijing's Great Hall of t...

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Xinhua: （二十大受权发布）习近平在二十届中共中央政治局常委同中外记者见面时强调始终坚持一切为了人民一切依靠人民以中国式现代化全面推进中华民族伟大复兴

October 24, 2022

No one else to blame

Broadly speaking, the new PBSC is unpopular. In particular, the promotion of Li Qiang and Cai Qi to China’s top table will have caused frowns of disapproval across China’s two most important cities, where they serve as party secretaries. Just months ago, citizens and analysts speculated that Li wo…

Broadly speaking, the new PBSC is unpopular.

In particular, the promotion of Li Qiang and Cai Qi to China's top table will have caused frowns of disapproval across China's two most important cities, where they serve as party secretaries.

Just months ago, citizens and analysts speculated that Li wo...

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Caixin Global: Dislocated Migrant Workers Left in Cold and Confusion in Beijing

October 24, 2022

Age is no barrier

The newly elected, 24-member Politburo contains two faces we didn’t expect to see there: Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi Why not? They’re too old. (We’re not being ageist, it’s the “rules.”) Since 2002, unwritten Party rules…

The newly elected, 24-member Politburo contains two faces we didn't expect to see there:

Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia
State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Why not? They’re too old. (We're not being ageist, it's the "rules.")

Since 2002, unwritten Party rules...

October 24, 2022

The return of the technocrats

Political loyalty earns promotion in Xi Jinping’s China – but technological expertise matters too. There are more technocrats on the new, 24-man Politburo than in at least the last 15 years. We counted six: Li Ganjie, a nuclear scientist Chen Jining, an environmental engineer Yuan Jiajun, an aero…

Political loyalty earns promotion in Xi Jinping's China – but technological expertise matters too.

There are more technocrats on the new, 24-man Politburo than in at least the last 15 years.

We counted six:

Li Ganjie, a nuclear scientist
Chen Jining, an environmental engineer
Yuan Jiajun, an aero...

October 24, 2022

What China’s new leadership lineup means for tech

Welp, it’s done. The 20th Party Congress is over. Shocker: On Sunday, Xi Jinping took a historic third term in office. He also unveiled the new Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC – China’s highest decision-making body), which will help him run China for the next five years. Although their official…

Welp, it's done. The 20th Party Congress is over.
Shocker: On Sunday, Xi Jinping took a historic third term in office.

He also unveiled the new Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC - China’s highest decision-making body), which will help him run China for the next five years.

Although their official...

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Caixin: 李强：全面改革的浙江思路｜特稿精选

Zhejiang News: 浙江创业创新需要更大的“阿里效应”

October 21, 2022

Sharpen those legal weapons

23. That’s how many times “rule of law” is mentioned in Xi’s Party Congress report – a fantastic fact that came to us courtesy of a Party Congress press conference on the issue on Wednesday (CGTN). The officials at the presser dropped plenty more stats to show the amazing progress that’s been made i…

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That's how many times "rule of law" is mentioned in Xi's Party Congress report – a fantastic fact that came to us courtesy of a Party Congress press conference on the issue on Wednesday (CGTN).
The officials at the presser dropped plenty more stats to show the amazing progress that's been made i...

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MOJ: 努力建设更高水平的法治中国

CGTN: Highlights: CPC officials on building high-level rule of law in China

CPC People: 习近平：加强党对全面依法治国的领导

October 21, 2022

Carrying on Li’s legacy

Premier Li Keqiang may be retiring from the Party’s top echelon, but his decade-long drive to improve China’s business environment shall live on. That’s the good news from the Xi Jinping’s report to the 20th Party Congress on Sunday. Xi pledged to push forward Li’s signature campaign of “Fangguanf…

Premier Li Keqiang may be retiring from the Party’s top echelon, but his decade-long drive to improve China's business environment shall live on.

That’s the good news from the Xi Jinping's report to the 20th Party Congress on Sunday.

Xi pledged to push forward Li’s signature campaign of “Fangguanf...

October 21, 2022

The ABCs of XJP’s diploma-C

On Thursday, the 20th Party Congress’s media center hosted a press conference on China’s approach to diplomacy. At the presser, Shen Beili, vice minister of the Central Committee’s International Department, and Ma Zhaoxu, vice foreign minister, took questions on the topic of: “Under the Guidance of…

On Thursday, the 20th Party Congress’s media center hosted a press conference on China’s approach to diplomacy.
At the presser, Shen Beili, vice minister of the Central Committee’s International Department, and Ma Zhaoxu, vice foreign minister, took questions on the topic of:

"Under the Guidance of...

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CGTN: Highlights: CPC officials hold presser on China's diplomacy

CCTV: [视频]二十大新闻中心今天举行第四场记者招待会

October 21, 2022

The magnificent seven – our top picks for the next PBSC

Around noon on Sunday, Beijing time, Xi Jinping will head a line of seven men to walk into a room inside the Great Hall of the People. Xi will take center position on a red stage, with the six others taking their positions on either side. Yup, that’s when Xi’s norm-breaking third term as the… Read More »

Around noon on Sunday, Beijing time, Xi Jinping will head a line of seven men to walk into a room inside the Great Hall of the People.

Xi will take center position on a red stage, with the six others taking their positions on either side.

Yup, that's when Xi's norm-breaking third term as the Part...

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