CHINA-LEADERSHIP: PEOPLE'S DAILY PUBLISHES POLITBURO MEMBER AND TIANJIN PARTY SECRETARY'S ARTICLE AS LEAD ARTICLE
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The People's Daily (November 26) published as its lead article Politburo member and Tianjin Party Secretary Li Hongzhong's article captioned "Resolutely safeguard the core of the Party and the authority of the Party Central Committee (study and implement the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Party)". Li Hongzhong wrote on safeguarding the Party's authority and the Party's core. He referred to the Sixth Party Plenum resolution and the importance of "safeguarding the Party's core" and "authority" of the CCP. It also cites Mao's "rural survey" (农村调查), Deng's seeking truth from facts, and Xi's iteration of this. It also mentions Chen Yun and stresses the importance of understanding facts on the ground (实事) to seek truth (求是). The lengthy article included 20 mentions of Xi Jinping. (Comment: 1956-born Li Hongzhong is 65 years old and has a chance to make it into the Politburo. On January 15, 2016, at a meeting of the provincial party standing committee, Li Hongzhong endorsed "Xi Jinping leadership core", stating that "the Politburo and its Standing Committee are the core leaders [hexin] of the party, General Secretary Xi Jinping is the core leader of the party center. To proactively maintain the authority of the party center means maintaining the leading core of General Secretary Xi Jinping.") |