The 6th plenum will be a historical one for Xi

The 6th plenum of the current Central Committee will convene in Beijing next week. Under normal circumstances of the post-reform era, this would herald the end of Xi Jinping's term in office. But the latter dares to break with Deng Xiaoping and wants to anchor himself even more firmly as the "core of the CP". He also wants to lift himself even further up the all-time list of the historic party hierarchy: above Deng, next to Mao.

Michael
Radunski

Next week will be historic. And not just figuratively, but literally. Because when the 6th plenum of the 19th Central Committee convenes in Beijing on Monday, the 370 delegates will adopt, among other things, a "historic resolution." What exactly President Xi Jinping's resolution will include is not yet known, but Chinese media have been reporting for days that it is to celebrate "the great successes and historic achievements of the party in its 100-year struggle."

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