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Xi Jinping to deepen party control at October plenum
The Communist Party of China's Politburo has announced that the fifth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee will meet in October, focusing on comprehensive and strict party self-governance, The Hindu reports.…
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The Communist Party of China's Politburo has announced that the fifth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee will meet in October, focusing on comprehensive and strict party self-governance, The Hindu reports. The meeting is seen as an effort to further entrench President Xi Jinping's authority ahead of the 21st Party Congress next year, where he is expected to seek a fourth term as General Secretary.
Since 2012, Xi's anti-corruption campaign has disciplined or dismissed 7.011 million party members, including 930 senior 'tiger' cadres. Three members of the current 20th Politburo have been sacked. Alongside this, a parallel drive has caught 1.5 million for formalism and bureaucratism. The broader aim, analysts say, is to build an ideological and institutional edifice that binds the party to Xi's vision, systematised under 'Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building'.
The Indian Opinion
The narrative that Xi's anti-corruption drive is merely about cleaning up the party misses the point. It is as much about centralising power and eliminating dissent as it is about discipline. While popular among ordinary Chinese tired of graft, the campaign also silences potential rivals. The real test will come at the 2025 Party Congress: will any serious contender emerge, or will the machinery ensure Xi's unchallenged re-election? The number of senior cadres purged in the coming months will tell us how thorough the consolidation really is.
Source: thehindu.com
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