Sharing the power
The Politburo Standing Committee is smaller, but the number of people with a share of political power is larger than ever in China.The New York Times offers a good chart illustrating the top leadership of the Communist Party of China. It takes some close attention to sort out (at least for me), but it's worth it.
It's especially instructive to follow the career of Deng Xiaoping. The purges at the beginning and the end of the Cultural Revolution are quite obvious as well.
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| A bit of the NYT chart |
The Politburo’s Growing Number of Influential Leaders
Xi Jinping, chosen this week as general secretary of the Communist Party, is sharing the party’s helm with 18 retired Politburo Standing Committee members looking over his shoulder — more than ever before…
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Labels: China, history, leadership
posted by Ken Wedding @ 8:01 AM
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