Predecessor’s Sudden Ejection Spotlights Xi’s Power

China’s new leadership are all loyalists

There is no question that Xi Jinping has greatly expanded his power after the closing of the 20th Party Congress, gaining an unprecedented third term as China’s supreme leader with the new Politburo Standing Committee filled entirely with his people.

The increase in Xi’s power was dramatically highlighted with the removal of his predecessor Hu Jintao dur…