Continued Power Struggle Likely Despite Xi’s Sway
Infighting may occur even among president’s loyalists, Harvard panel members predict
By: Toh Han Shih
Chinese President Xi Jinping has filled the new Politburo Standing Committee, the handful of the country’s most powerful leaders, entirely with members of his own faction, ensuring that at age 69, he could stay in power for at least another decade, according to participants at a wide-ranging November 8 panel discussion at Harvard’s Fairb…
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