When China's former President Hu Jintao was escorted out of the 20th National Congress in full view of the foreign press corps, his exit appeared to signal a change in status for a whole generation of Chinese Communist Party leaders who had supported President Xi Jinping's election to an unprecedented third term. "The second generation…
As seemingly forced exit of former President Hu Jintao showed, family history of Communist Party loyalty now means less than allegiance to President Xi Jinping
Dans une analyse exceptionnelle, la dissidente Cai Xia montre comment le président chinois exerce un pouvoir solitaire et paranoïaque. En coulisses, la grogne monte.
Xi Jinping may well ruin something China has earned over the course of four decades: a reputation for steady, competent leadership, writes Cai Xia for Foreign Affairs.