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As the 20th Congress of the CPC is currently taking place in China, speculation is rife. There is little doubt for the number one position of the Party and therefore of the regime, because the Chinese president intends to serve a third term. On the other hand, for the other names, the suspense is at its height.
With our correspondent in Beijing, Stephane Lagarde
« Who am I ? This is the existential question posed in the introduction of the Chinese Communist Party’s new promotional video. uploaded this Wednesday by People’s Daily.
A handful of men at the start, 96 million members today, and a campaign that reminds those who have forgotten that beyond the names that will come out of the hat of Congress next Saturday, it is first Mao’s Party itself which renews itself through these five-year political high masses.
For the rest, the game of the seven members of the future permanent committee, the bets are launched, even if the committee could also be enlarged to nine names. After ten years of cultivating its networks and to eliminate opponents, the Chinese president will probably take advantage of retirements to surround himself with a close guard. The Party should draw in particular among its leaders in Chinese provinces and regions that are the size of European countries.
Galaxie Xi
In Xi Jinping’s entourage, some names stand out. Ding Xuexiang, the political assistant to the Chinese president, or Li Qiang, the boss of the Shanghai CCP, known worldwide since the health debacle last spring and the putting under glass of the Chinese economic capital and its 25 million inhabitants. , figure especially in the speculations.
Other names whispered among insiders include Chen Miner, who was vice-governor of eastern Zhejiang province when Xi Jinping was secretary-general. The young Zhao Lijie, 65, who leads the fight against corruption, Wang Yang, president of one of the two Chinese assemblies, the ideologue Wang Huning or Li Xi, secretary of the CCP in Guangdong (southeast), are also in the papers.
Trade tea also speaks of Hu Chunhua, close to former President Hu Jintao. Untenable suspense? Not really. Pulmonologists are watching for the white smoke that will escape from the Grand Palais du Peuple next Saturday. ” But what we do know is that we don’t know much “says a school teacher. The majority of Chinese people, he says, are unable to give the seven names to the head of the party that rules China ».
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