Someone who spent most of his career in Tibet, then worked in hebei and inner Mongolia and only 5 years in Guangdong doesn't have the right experience. The new guys have mostly worked in the rich coastal provinces for most of their careers. They have seen private small and medium enterprises build new technologies. This is what China needs. Pro market economic reformers
Chinese Internal Politics
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And regulate them if necessary.
Deng was purged completely and came back. It all depends on Xi and whether he thinks Hu is worthy of elevation next round.
Yes, China needs people who have been dealt the best cards in the most peaceful provinces since clearly China has amazing circumstances and is guaranteed to have peace and stability. How could someone who crushed Tibetan and Mongol independence while stabilizing Guangdong and having national level experience in flagship Xi programs possibly have anything to offer?
In the past, to be groomed as a leader meant you have to work in the backwards provinces, so I would not say that Hu is out due to his lack of experiences in the more prosperous provinces. I think this is more a way to ensure that all the people in charge are Xi's loyalists. Xi wants to ensure that CYL people are out and not come back since they represent a clique that he did not control.
All norms have been tossed.
Did someone forget about Wen Jiabao?
Which was a reason why Hu was saying in his outgoing speech that despite his achievements, corruption has not been solved and needs to be the #1 priority of the new government. Xi delivered. Credit where credit is due.
Zhou Yongkang> Bo
Here is my interpretation of what went down at the closing of the meeting with Hu. If you look at the few minutes before Hu was escorted out, he was looking at the red book which might contain the names of who gets what. Quite possibly, for the first time, he realized that CYL members were all absent from the standing committee. I am sure the other CYL members somehow got wind of it earlier. Even if Xi spring a surprise at this stage, if Hu had all his faculties, he would know that CYL had just been eased out of power and there is not a thing that he can do. You would not raise questions in such a public forum. You would just keep mum and see if there is anything to be done after.
The conclusion I draw from this sequence of events was that Xi, out of respect for Hu, gave him a seat next to himself. Xi expected Hu to keep his composure when he sees this list. However, Hu, being senile, was not able to keep his composure. Xi cannot tolerate descent. Given that the senility of Hu was probably already known, he made alternate arrangement to escort Hu out in case this happen.
Hu is not playing with his full deck at the meeting.
The conclusion I draw from this sequence of events was that Xi, out of respect for Hu, gave him a seat next to himself. Xi expected Hu to keep his composure when he sees this list. However, Hu, being senile, was not able to keep his composure. Xi cannot tolerate descent. Given that the senility of Hu was probably already known, he made alternate arrangement to escort Hu out in case this happen.
Hu is not playing with his full deck at the meeting.