Lessons of the Father

Lessons of the Father

New biographies of Xi Zhongxun and Hu Yaobang provide insights into the opaque culture of the Chinese Communist Party and the political ascent of Xi's son, Xi Jinping.

CCP Leaders Propose Regulations to Rein in Xi’s Superagencies

News Analysis China’s top leaders are proposing new rules to regulate a set of powerful commissions and groups established nearly a decade ago by communist Party chief Xi Jinping to centralize his power. The proposed regulation was reviewed on June 30 during a closed-door meeting of the Politburo, the Party’s second-highest decision-making body, Chinese state media reported. Details of the new measures are scarce. A summary of the meeting publis…

Xi chairs CPC leadership meeting to review work regulations on decision-making, deliberation, coordination

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on June 30 to review a set of regulations on the work of the Party Central Committee's decision-making, deliberative and coordinating institutions. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting.