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Wang Yang
New Party Leadership Moves in on Strongholds of Old Faction
The new Chinese Communist Party head and former leader have been hard at work reshuffling key officials to curtail a rival faction.
Seeing Clearly the Leadership Change in Beijing
Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin each had their reasons for keeping their positions in the CMC when they were otherwise retired.
New Leadership in Beijing Spells End of Reform
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.
EXCLUSIVE: Roles of New Standing Committee Members Decided, Source Indicates
An insider provides a lineup of the suspected new politburo members and their duties.
Alleged Chinese-American Mobster Arrested in Southern China
Police, in China’s Guangdong Province, arrest a prominent Chinese-American business owner, Hu Weisheng, from Los Angeles.
Hundreds of Guangdong Officials to be Interrogated
Hundreds of current and former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials were taken into custody in the southern province of Guangdong and will be put through an opaque Soviet-era communist investigative process over allegations of corruption and misuse of power, according to recent reports. The action is part of a disciplinary initiative by the province’s Party chief Wang Yang.
In Sign of Political Thaw, Guangdong Allows Union Elections
Shenzhen in southern China will be the first to promote elections for trade unions—an apparent shift in regime policy toward independent unions.
Guangdong Reformist Wang Yang May Have His Day in the Sun
Wang Yang, one of the most prominent figures in the reformist faction of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), will continue his political endeavors in Guangdong Province after being re-appointed as Party Secretary there recently, and amidst reports that he will likely be given a seat on the Standing Committee of the Politburo, the most powerful political organ in China.
Reformist Crosses Swords With Hard-Liners in China’s South
In the bustling southern province of Guangdong, Party Secretary Wang Yang is making a name for himself as an apparent reformer open to new ways of doing things.
Youth League Faction Expected to Dominate Next Politburo
New Politburo expected to maintain 9 seats, but exact makeup still unclear
Wang Yang, Senior Party Official, Goes Against Propaganda Line
A senior Party official said recently that the Chinese people should not thank the Party for their happiness, exciting netizens.
