XI APPOINTD TO 3RD TERM – The 20th People’s Congress has affirmed Chairman Xi as the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party for a third five-year term, ending rumors the congress was set to remove him. The congress also ended two-term limits on the Presidency, which Xi is expected to be confirmed for in March.
The move all but assures that Xi will hold on to the two key positions of power in the Communist Party, the General Secretary and the Presidency. It comes on the heels of growing unrest in the country as more Chinese protest the zero Covid policy of Chairman Xi, which might aid Xi in targeting political opponents for persecution (ahead of the 20th congress), but it undermines his credibility and authority with rank and file Chinese who find it increasingly untenable to provide for their most basic needs in the face of total shutdowns.
Xi’s power at the top will only grow, even as his power at the bottom continues to fade, leading to an overthrow or a purge on the level of Chairman Mao’s Cultural Revolution that leds to tens of millions being killed and hundreds of millions being displaced.
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