China's Xi Jinping facing widespread opposition in his own party, insider claims

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/18/china-xi-jinping-facing-widespread-opposition-in-his-own-party-claims-insider

by actuator • 6 years ago

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euix• 6 years ago

From what I gather he's quite genuinely popular with the lower and rural classes. But abolishing term limits was a big mistake. The issue is no longer whether elites domestically are going to go along with it. China is so big these days what happens in China's domestic politics affects the entire world.

Imagine Trump abolished term limits, that doesn't just affect internal U.S. politics it affects the whole world.

actuator2• 6 years ago

But is that Xi's popularity or CCP's? I can understand why CCP would be popular as they did make life better for most, Xi seems to be doing everything to undo the gains in global arena though.

verdverm2• 6 years ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preference_falsification

verdverm2• 6 years ago

Changing term limits is outside the power of the executive branch in the US. If we did, I'd agreed the world would look very different before, as, and after for sure

actuator2• 6 years ago

At the beginning he did not get the real news, but he said in a meeting on 7 January that the situation was under his personal command. If he knew on 7 January, why did it take until 20 January to announce the outbreak? Officials at all levels hide the truth and report only when they cannot cover up any more. But when he knew the situation on 7 January, he did not make it public or mobilise resources.

Interesting stuff in Transcript: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/18/cai-xia-chines...

China's Xi Jinping facing widespread opposition in his own party, insider claims

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