Top aides of Xi were promoted in Communist Party of Chinaโs Politburo Standing Committee but no woman could find a place in the top leadership position for the first time in years
Washington: Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinpingโs historic third term as Chinaโs President will likely see more hardline policies out of Beijing on the economy, foreign relations and human rights, analysts told Washington-based Radio Free Asia (RFA).
On Sunday, Communist Party Xi Jinping presented the Partyโs new central leadership at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, where he secured a historic third term as the countryโs top leader. Top aides of Xi were promoted in Communist Party of Chinaโs Politburo Standing Committee but no woman could find a place in the top leadership position for the first time in years, according to the newly released list by state media.
Through the 20th National Congress, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has demonstrated that Chairman Xi Jinping is the nucleus of power in China and that none can dare stand against him.
Xi had packed the Politburo Standing Committee with his close allies showing that he can now act as he pleases, according to Germany-based ethnic Mongolian rights activist Xi Haiming.
โThis is the last madness,โ Xi Haiming told a recent political forum in Taiwan. He said, โXi has emerged, naked, as Emperor Xi, as a dictator.โ
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โToo many people in China are lining up to be his eunuchs, kowtowing to him, waiting for the emperor to ascend to the throne,โ he was quoted as saying by RFA.
China is now firmly back in the Mao era, according to a Chinese journalist, who refused to be identified due to fear of reprisals.
โThis 20th National Congress is the beginning of the Mao era,โ Geng said. โPeople used to say it was the 9th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party that was bad, because it hailed Mao Zedong as the red sun.โ
According to analyst Wen Zhigang, the old system of โcollective leadershipโ is well and truly dead.
โCollective leadership no longer exists, and the leader sits, aloof โฆ a leader of the people who is above the party,โ Wen said.
According to senior China researcher Wu Guoguang, Xi has more say over who gets to be premier โ his second-in-command Li Qiang โ than late supreme leader Mao Zedong did.
โXi Jinping wields greater power to appoint his preferred premier than Mao Zedong did,โ Wu told RFA.
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