The party gave no hint of any possible successor to Xi, adding to the signs that he is likely to secure a third five-year term as the party's general secretary next year, possibly without a clear heir apparent
China's President Xi Jinping is seen in a big screen during an evening news program at a mall in Beijing on November 11, 2021, as top Communist Party leaders wrapped up a key meeting by passing an important resolution on the country's past, state media said, which is expected to cement President Xi Jinping's grip on power. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)
China’s Communist Party officially decided Thursday to exalt President Xi Jinping as one of the country’s greatest modern leaders, vaulting him into a rarefied realm that strengthens his potential to retain control for many years.
The decision, announced after a closed-door meeting by senior party officials in Beijing, amounted to a revision of the ruling party’s 100-year history that some analysts said would help cement Xi’s authoritarian model for ruling China. It anointed Xi, 68, with an era-defining stature that will take his official adulation to a new and more intense phase.
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