Xi Jinping was elevated to the pantheon of China’s most powerful leaders on Tuesday as his name was enshrined in the Communist Party constitution alongside Chairman Mao. “China has a tradition of combining emperor and teacher, which means that the emperor is also the thought leader. That’s rare in our history,” Chinese political scholar Hu Xingdou said. There is no agreement among China-watchers about who will end up on the committee, or if anybody will emerge as a potential successor. If the right allies are named, Lam said, it would show that “he has full control over the Politburo Standing Committee”.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 24, 2017 08:15 UTC