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China: are the reformists winning?
vivatifosi
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There was an article on the R4 news yesterday about the coming change of Premiership in China. This has been followed today by an interesting article on Reuters.
In a nutshell both talked about the tension between those following the reformist agenda and those looking to return to a more egalitarian system with less difference between rich and poor.
This has now apparently come to a head in Chongqing, with the removal of Bo Xilai - formerly seen as a leadership contender - and replacement by his deputy. Arguably this suggests that China will continue down the reformist route with its new choice of Premier.
This is a long article but worth a read. Here are some snippets:
The 18th Party Congress late this year will see China's biggest leadership transition in nearly a decade, with Party Chief Hu Jintao and other elders due to retire and hand power to a younger generation headed by Vice President Xi Jinping...
...Premier Wen added to the cloud around Bo on Wednesday by scolding Chongqing over the scandal and obliquely warning against nostalgia for the Mao Zedong era.
"Well, the good news I guess, is that the risks of leftism and extremism in Chinese politics have just taken a nose dive," said one of those critics, David Zweig, a scholar of Chinese politics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology....
...But Bo has plenty of fans in China, attracted to the idea of a "Chongqing model" of development that promises greater social equality. They are likely to be riled by his removal....
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/03/15/uk-china-chongqing-idUKBRE82E04P20120315
In a nutshell both talked about the tension between those following the reformist agenda and those looking to return to a more egalitarian system with less difference between rich and poor.
This has now apparently come to a head in Chongqing, with the removal of Bo Xilai - formerly seen as a leadership contender - and replacement by his deputy. Arguably this suggests that China will continue down the reformist route with its new choice of Premier.
This is a long article but worth a read. Here are some snippets:
The 18th Party Congress late this year will see China's biggest leadership transition in nearly a decade, with Party Chief Hu Jintao and other elders due to retire and hand power to a younger generation headed by Vice President Xi Jinping...
...Premier Wen added to the cloud around Bo on Wednesday by scolding Chongqing over the scandal and obliquely warning against nostalgia for the Mao Zedong era.
"Well, the good news I guess, is that the risks of leftism and extremism in Chinese politics have just taken a nose dive," said one of those critics, David Zweig, a scholar of Chinese politics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology....
...But Bo has plenty of fans in China, attracted to the idea of a "Chongqing model" of development that promises greater social equality. They are likely to be riled by his removal....
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/03/15/uk-china-chongqing-idUKBRE82E04P20120315
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