Implications of Xi Jinping's Hold on Power: Former Senior CIA China Analyst Chris Johnson
Intelligence Matters
Xi Jinping's Political Ecosystem
The new leadership line of tells us clearly that in Xi Jinping's political ecosystem loyal to certainly and what we might call virtue accuracy have trumped meritocracy. The choice of Xi acolytes to run the key economic portfolios seem to underscore the loyalty piece in my mind. I'm sure we'll talk more later about the sort of economic appointments and their implications but I think for now it's just suffice it to say that in my mind the choices make sense.
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