âRed Cradlesâ Nurture Chinaâs Next Generation of Communist Leaders
Communist Party schools and academies are inculcating Chinese officials in Xi Jinping Thought as the country shifts in a more authoritarian direction.
Cadres of the China Executive Leadership Academy in Jinggangshan during a training course in Huangyangjie, China, in April. Study programs for officials include visits to venerated sites of the revolution.Credit...Roman Pilipey/EPA, via Shutterstock
July 4, 2021, 12:01 a.m. ET
On a leafy campus in northwest Beijing, dotted with statues of Marx, Mao and other Communist saints, the Chinese leader Xi Jinping is training his âloyal successors,â the next generation of officials who will drive the resurgence of one-party rule.