The new Chinese Communist Party head and former leader have been hard at work reshuffling key officials to curtail a rival faction.
The new lineup of the Chinese Communist Party’s Politburo Standing Committee signals an end to the hope of saving the Party through reform. It also puts outgoing Party leader Hu Jintao and outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao in the crosshairs for a possibly resurgent Jiang Zemin faction seeking scapegoats for the accumulating problems facing the Party.
An insider provides a lineup of the suspected new politburo members and their duties.
The new Chinese Communist Party head and former leader have been hard at work reshuffling key officials to curtail a rival faction.
The new lineup of the Chinese Communist Party’s Politburo Standing Committee signals an end to the hope of saving the Party through reform. It also puts outgoing Party leader Hu Jintao and outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao in the crosshairs for a possibly resurgent Jiang Zemin faction seeking scapegoats for the accumulating problems facing the Party.
An insider provides a lineup of the suspected new politburo members and their duties.