This week there is a boring sounding high-level political meeting in #Beijing which could actually be quite significant in terms of power politics in #China. The annual "plenum" session with hundreds of members of the Central Committee will meet behind closed doors. Crucially...
The session may act to sure up Xi Jinping's grip on power, cement his legacy and provide a justification for #China's current leader to move into a historic third, 5-year, term at the Party Congress in October next year.
The Plenum will start on Monday behind closed doors at the Great Hall of the People. Very little has been announced about what's on the table away from the public glare except that they'll discuss “important achievements & historical experiences of the Party”. Sounds dull but...
If its all about singing the praises of the Xi Jinping era this will lock him in as a leader who's power has only been rivalled by Mao in the post-war era.
BTW a few tweet back that should read shore up... doh! I need another coffee.
The wording of the main resolution has not been released but, to give you a comparison, there have been only two other such 'interpretation-of-history' resolutions passed in this way. Once by Mao and once by Deng.
Mao used such a resolution to sideline his opponents with a different vision of where the Party should go, shoring up ;-) his grip on power. Deng used one to put the Mao era behind, declaring Mao to be only 70%. It looks like Xi will use this one to...
It looks like Xi Jinping will use such a resolution to put the Deng (reform and opening up) era behind #China and lock in Xi's China: with the Party at the centre of everything and Xi at the centre of the Party.
Because the meeting agenda is secret there's an element of guess work here but I have to say that my read of this has been bolstered by the last 24-hours of Xinhua's twitter feed. Every third tweet is about the awesomeness of Xi Jinping. Take a look...
https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/1456792449423011845?s=20
Xi Jinping, physical-labour-in-his-youth, swimming and stamina to bing! move into a third term in office...
https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/1456914571529101320?s=20
Xi Jinping and environmental protection...
https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/1456938107517825024?s=20
Xi Jinping and morality...
https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/1456957667587485706?s=20
Xi Jinping and supermarkets, factories, hospitals, schools, pigsties, toilets etc etc etc
supermarkets, factories, hospitals, schools, and even inspects pigsties and toilets
supermarkets, factories, hospitals, schools, and even inspects pigsties and toilets
Xi Jinping and supermarkets, factories, hospitals, schools, pigsties, toilets etc etc etc
supermarkets, factories, hospitals, schools, and even inspects pigsties and toilets
supermarkets, factories, hospitals, schools, and even inspects pigsties and toilets
https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/1456921570140561411?s=20
Xi Jinping, the Party and the gun...
https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/1456987500203819011?s=20
There are plenty more, you get the idea. This week is Xi power week. Looks like this plenum will officially put the "reform and opening up" period behind #China & drive it back to a place where the Party is at the centre of everything and Chairman Xi is at the core of the Party.
Might head out later this week to vox pop flies around Tiananmen Square in case they’ve spent a few days on the inside walls of the Great Hall of the People. ;-)
All-in-all this week looks like it will be setting up Xi Jinping to be an untouchable leader of #China for life.
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