The world is much more dangerous today because of what happened in Beijing this past weekend. The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) quinquennial 20th Congress “crowned” Xi Jinping essentially as president and chairman for life by amending the party constitution to enshrine him as the “core” leader which makes him as powerful as founder Mao Zedong, the man who killed up to 100 million Chinese to chart his ideological agenda through decades of Chinese history.
The CCP reinforced Xi’s iron-grip on power by passing a “historical resolution” lauding Xi’s philosophy as the “essence of Chinese culture,” which consolidated his power and cleared the path for him to remain in office to push his agenda, which he described last week saying “the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process.”
Chairman Xi, 69, emerged from the Congress that ended Saturday evening with more power than ever. Immediately, he stacked his government with staunch Marxist-Leninists sycophants, which strengthens his hold on power and tightens his grip over China’s future to allow him to advance the current trajectory of confrontation across the world.
As a result, Chinese financial markets plummeted as true Marxists took firm control over China’s economy and the sounds of Chinese saber rattling echoed across the world – the East-West Cold War is heating up.
……Early in the Congress, Xi revealed in his 104-minute speech his vision for a “new era” of socialism, which he believes will save China. Xi intends to realize his “Chinese Dream,” the so-called “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,” a theme repeated from his 2017 National Congress speech whereby he cast himself as a 21st Century Mao with plans that address “socialist modernization.”
After gaining a third term, Xi ensured success for his agenda by stacking the all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee with loyalists like Shanghai party chief Li Qiang, the possible next premier. Further, Xi removed critics from power like former Chinese President Hu Jintao who was unceremoniously escorted out of the Congress’ closing ceremony on Saturday evening.
With Xi firmly ensconced and dissent sidelined – the culmination of a 10-year process – he has a freer hand to make controversial decisions in both domestic and foreign policy. Xi’s third term will return China to strongman rule, much like the model adopted by Mao. These actions were predictable because Xi has slowly removed rivals and forced the end to presidential term limits.
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