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(1/x) Extended paen to Xi Jinping on @PDChina pg. 3 today. Very flowery language (see below). Note people’s leader (人民领袖) language.

Best guess: maneuvering surrounding Party conferences + question of whether to elevate Xi yet closer to Mao's status.
politics.people.com.cn/n1/2020/0813/c…
(2/x) 习近平总书记是从人民中走出来的、对人民怀有真挚感情和强烈责任感的人民领袖，无论是在基层、地方工作，还是在中央工作，都始终把人民挂在心头、念在心里。
(3/x) 习近平总书记高瞻远瞩、深谋远虑，鲜明指出要胸怀“两个大局”，将其作为“谋划工作的基本出发点”，进一步揭示了我们所处的历史方位、所经历的历史进程。
(4/x) Also note that the author of the piece is Huang Kunming (黄坤明) - Politburo member + head of the CCP Propaganda Bureau. High-level stuff there.
(5/x) correction - page 6, not 3.
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@lingli_vienna (1/x) The primary way I can imagine Xi’s power getting expanded is a scenario in which the institution of “the Party” itself begins to get cannibalized in name of Xi himself.

[Note: really dark. Major implications for political instability. But I think we’re in that zone now.]
@lingli_vienna (2/x) I can imagine two ways in which this might happen.

First, resort to bottom-up mobilization. That’s the Cultural Revolution analogy. You’d need to see the top leader calling the disgruntled in society into the streets to attack his enemies – perceived or real.
@lingli_vienna (3/x) And of course, there’s *zero* sign at the moment of that happening. Everything at the moment appears to be top down. At least so far …
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(1/x) Some thoughts on why Xi Jinping's new article in the flagship CCP Party ideological journal Qiushi is a *big* deal.

h/t to @niubi, who flagged this in his Sinocism newsletter.

qstheory.cn/dukan/qs/2020-…
(2/x) First, because Party propaganda says it is.

It’s the lead article on all China’s major state media channels right now – CCTV evening news, Xinhua, People’s Daily, etc. Everywhere.
(3/x) Second, because it’s not actually an “article” in any meaningful sense of the word.

Instead, it’s just a series of 18 extended quotes strung together from Xi Jinping’s speeches and reports over the past seven years.
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(1/x) There’s deep controversy in the U.S. and Europe over wearing face masks – their merit and accompanying social norms.

Here’s a thread on a specific example from Taiwan on why they’re a very good idea – particularly as some countries and states start re-opening.
(2/x) Overall, Taiwan's response to the virus has outstanding.

It moved EARLY, w/expert-led epidemic control center set up in Jan. – *before* Wuhan even locked down. Contact tracing & effective quarantine policies of both infected & close contacts worked out in Feb. And so on..
(3/x) All of that has allowed Taiwan to avoid the incredibly disruptive lockdown policies most of the world is going through.

Here, we’re on Day 28 of no new domestic cases. 440 cases total. Only 6 deaths. Schools & businesses have more or less just stayed open the whole time.
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