CHINA-LEADERSHIP: NEW BEIJING MAYOR
Hongkong's SCMP reported on October 30, 2016 that 61-year old Cai Qi, Deputy Director of the Central National Security Commission (CNSC), which was created and chaired by Xi, would replace current Mayor Wang Anshun, who is rumoured to be moving to the Development Research Centre of the State Council, later this year. The report says he could be promoted as Party Secretary of Beijing early next year. (Comment: Cai Qi, is a close associate of Xi Jinping and a former deputy governor of Zhejiang province. A native of Fujian he also worked 11 years in that province. Both, Fujian and Zhejiang are Xi Jinping's power bases. With this appointment he is a strong candidate for elevation to the Politburo.)
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