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Xi and the Shift From Economics to Ideology

The Breakdown

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The CCP's Consolidation of Power

Many China watchers are concerned that this consolidation of power will mean that there are no longer any dissenting voices in Beijing at all. The bombast of the move was best highlighted by the apparent removal of former president Hu Jintao from the Congress chambers during the closing session. These moves send a clear message to the world that conflict and great struggle, quote unquote, are coming soon. It appears that Xi's great struggle is also meant to inflict maximum pain to those who believed reform and opening."

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