Editor's Pick: Xi Jinping begins third term with key allies on board

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has begun his unprecedented third five-year term in even firmer control of the ruling Communist Party after filling the newly announced Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) with all of his allies. As many as four allies of Mr. Xi were on Sunday appointed to the China’s highest policy-making body that was announced after the first meeting of the new Central Committee. With two other allies continuing on the PBSC, this marks an unprecedented sweep of all seven positions on the all-powerful body, a first in Chinese Communist Party politics where power in the past was shared between different factions, an arrangement shattered by Mr. Xi. Here are the men who are on the Chinese Communist Party’s new Politburo Standing Committee and will rule Beijing for the next five years. China has been suggested to be transiting to one-man rule, shattering both factional equations and ‘collective leadership’. The developments thus pave the way for Mr. Xi’s unchallenged domination of Chinese politics for the next five years. The Hindu decodes the likely impact on relations with India following Xi’s emergence from the Party Congress in firm grip. Earlier, the Communist Party ended its once-in-five-year congress approving changes to its Constitution that further enshrined Xi Jinping’s unchallenged “core” status. The changed Constitution said it is now “an obligation for all party members” to “follow the leadership core”, referring to Mr. Xi, who was declared a “core” leader when the Constitution was last amended at the previous congress in 2017. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Head over to our newsletter subscription page to sign up for Editor‘s Pick and more. Click here. 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[Arrow]( [Open in browser]( [Mail icon]( [More newsletters]( Xi Jinping begins third term with key allies on board Chinese leader Xi Jinping has begun his [unprecedented third five-year term]( in even firmer control of the ruling Communist Party after filling the [newly announced Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) with all of his allies.]( As many as four allies of Mr. Xi were on Sunday appointed to the China’s highest policy-making body that was announced after the first meeting of the new Central Committee. With two other allies continuing on the PBSC, this marks an unprecedented sweep of all seven positions on the all-powerful body, a first in Chinese Communist Party politics where power in the past was shared between different factions, an arrangement shattered by Mr. Xi. H[ere are the men who are on the Chinese Communist Party’s new Politburo Standing Committee]( will rule Beijing for the next five years. China has been suggested to be transiting to one-man rule, shattering both factional equations and ‘collective leadership’. The developments thus pave the way for [Mr. Xi’s unchallenged domination of Chinese politics]( the next five years. The Hindu [decodes the likely impact on relations with India following Xi’s emergence]( from the Party Congress in firm grip. Earlier, the Communist Party ended its once-in-five-year congress [approving changes to its Constitution that further enshrined Xi Jinping’s unchallenged “core” status](. The changed Constitution said it is now “an obligation for all party members” to “follow the leadership core”, referring to Mr. Xi, who was declared a “core” leader when the Constitution was last amended at the previous congress in 2017. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Head over to our newsletter subscription page to sign up for Editor‘s Pick and more. 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