Posted 10/25/2023, 11:52:00 AM
Xi Jinping Consolidates Power by Demanding Loyalty and Removing Top Officials
- Xi Jinping demanding total obedience and eliminating rivals within Communist Party, say analysts
- Defense minister Li Shangfu and foreign minister Qin Gang removed from office with no details
- Li and Qin were Xi's own appointees, so their removal shows weakness or strength
- Li's ouster likely due to corruption probe and tensions with U.S. over Taiwan
- Xi consolidating power with ideology enshrined and no term limits, could rule for life