China’s Xi Jinping Moves to Extend Rule as Top Communist Party Rivals Retire
China’s Xi Jinping Moves to Extend Rule as Top Communist Party Rivals Retire
Premier Li Keqiang, the country’s No. 2 leader, is among those set to step aside
By Chun Han Wong in Hong Kong and Keith Zhai in Singapore
Updated Oct. 22, 2022 11:41 am ETPRINTTEXT
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China’s Communist Party set the stage for its leader, Xi Jinping, to extend his rule into a second decade, nudging his rivals into retirement and positioning his loyalists for promotion into the top echelons of power.
Delegates to a twice-a-decade party congress, concluded Saturday, also reaffirmed Mr. Xi’s stature as the party’s “core” leader and enshrined his policies as part of the party’s governing charter. Those include building a more egalitarian economy and first-rate military, as well as his demands for more fighting spirit among the party’s nearly 97 million members.
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