Reuters: There is a surging undercurrent in the CCP's succession, and variables cannot be ruled out

Reuters: There is a surging undercurrent in the CCP's succession, and variables cannot be ruled out. Following the publication of a list of seven members of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China that is exactly the same as the list of seven members of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China reported earlier by Duowei News, Lu...

Following the publication of a list of seven members of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China that is exactly the same as the list of seven members of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China reported by Duowei News earlier, Reuters recently published news that the CCP has managed to smooth the succession of the new leadership team that will debut next month, but behind the scenes it is full of purges, conspiracies and prisons. According to sources, there may be more surprises in China’s political arena this year.

In fact, as early as September 13, Duowei News' "Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China Version 3.0" pointed out that based on past experience, the list of candidates may change until the last moment when the 18th National Congress determines the candidates for the Standing Committee. Such changes come from sudden accidents, changes in intra-party procedures and democratic voting, etc.

In less than two weeks, China's once-in-a-decade leadership succession drama is about to begin. However, the overall lineup and agenda of the next leadership team are still unknown, and are still being negotiated in secret. One of the few decisions that is almost completely certain is that current Vice President Xi Jinping will take over the post of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China at the 18th National Congress on November 8. Xi Jinping will officially become China's president at the annual National People's Congress in March next year.

The report quoted sources as saying that China's three most powerful people, former President Jiang Zemin, current President Hu Jintao and Hu Jintao's successor Xi Jinping, have recently finalized the list of candidates for the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, the party's highest decision-making body, to reduce any infighting caused by the new list. The news also quoted Li Cheng, an expert on Chinese politics at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank, as saying: There may still be surprises, and consultations are a very complicated process. Li Cheng said that the outside world does not know the actual situation, and we only know 20% of the inside story. There will be several last-minute changes this time, even to the Politburo Standing Committee.

The list of members of the Politburo Standing Committee listed by Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping has exceeded outside expectations, especially the strong candidate Wang Yang, 57-year-old Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, was removed from the list. Many Westerners regard Wang Yang as a political reformer of the Chinese Communist Party. The newspaper analyzed that Wang Yang's dismissal may be indirectly related to Bo Xilai. Bo Xilai, a heavyweight CCP politician, was ousted in China's biggest political scandal in 20 years. Analysts believe that Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping do not want to further stimulate leftists by supporting Wang Yang.

Duowei News was the first to exclusively disclose on May 15 this year that, barring other major surprises, the number of members of the Politburo Standing Committee has been increased from 9 to 7. On September 13, Duowei News launched the "Political Bureau Standing Committee of the 18th CPC National Congress Version 3.0" based on careful analysis of information from multiple reliable channels. It believed that the seven most likely candidates for the Standing Committee have been basically finalized and are composed of Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Wang Qishan, Li Yuanchao, Liu Yunshan and Zhang Gaoli. The candidates for these seven congresses are based on the strong promotion of Xi Jinping, the incoming top leader of the Communist Party of China, and all parties have given support and concessions. The former top leader of the Communist Party of China, Jiang Zemin, provided strong support as the "general adviser" on personnel arrangements for the 18th National Congress. The current top leader of the Communist Party of China, Hu Jintao, worked closely with Xi Jinping on the basis of fully respecting the opinions of veteran comrades and played a positive and constructive role.

Reuters’ revelations on the afternoon of October 19th are completely consistent with Multidimensional News Version 3.0. The British newspaper quoted three sources as saying that Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping have reached an agreement on the candidates for the seven standing committees of the 18th National Congress. This move is intended to pave the way for the smooth transfer of power at the 18th National Congress after months of "chaos." The British media called the list of candidates the "preferred list" and believed that the candidates were all considered to be close to Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao.