Meet the 20th CPC Politburo Standing Committee: Xi's deep message
CGTN, 25 Oct 2022
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The wait is over. The rumors are history. We now know the seven members of the new Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, China's ultimate authority, led by CPC General Secretary Xi Jinping, who is core of the Central Committee and of the whole Party.
To understand China, we should get to know the six other members, including the four new members, and understand their backgrounds.
They have much in common: all have post-graduate degrees, with a diversity of majors — law, economics, engineering, literature — several have management degrees; all began at grassroots levels, working their way up the political-administrative ladder; five of the seven have run provinces or major municipalities, each the equivalent in population size and GDP of independent countries.
I have two overarching observations. First, each of the members has deep expertise and long experience in running critical sectors of the Chinese government. Second, the group is politically coherent. In light of Xi's concerns — he highlights immense risks, grave challenges and arduous tasks — it is a team that he can trust.
In the spirit of full disclosure. I have known three of the seven members personally for years, in fact, for 16 to 19 years. With my long-term partner, Adam Zhu, I have had private meetings, conducted interviews, worked on projects — many are in the public record.
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-10-24/Meet-the-20th-CPC-Politburo-Standing-Committee-Xi-s-deep-message-1eoEe6tvfd6/index.html
The wait is over. The rumors are history. We now know the seven members of the new Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, China's ultimate authority, led by CPC General Secretary Xi Jinping, who is core of the Central Committee and of the whole Party.
To understand China, we should get to know the six other members, including the four new members, and understand their backgrounds.
They have much in common: all have post-graduate degrees, with a diversity of majors — law, economics, engineering, literature — several have management degrees; all began at grassroots levels, working their way up the political-administrative ladder; five of the seven have run provinces or major municipalities, each the equivalent in population size and GDP of independent countries.
I have two overarching observations. First, each of the members has deep expertise and long experience in running critical sectors of the Chinese government. Second, the group is politically coherent. In light of Xi's concerns — he highlights immense risks, grave challenges and arduous tasks — it is a team that he can trust.
In the spirit of full disclosure. I have known three of the seven members personally for years, in fact, for 16 to 19 years. With my long-term partner, Adam Zhu, I have had private meetings, conducted interviews, worked on projects — many are in the public record.
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