CHINA-LEADERSHIP: XI JINPING'S PERSONALITY CULT

On July 5, the People’s Daily reported a speech Xi Jinping made to a national work conference on Party appointments, known as “organization work,” or zuzhi gongzuo (组织工作), that was held in Beijing from July 3-4. Xi Jinping was quoted as saying “The Central Party is the mind and the backbone and the Party must have one position as the highest authority (定于一尊), making the final decisions.” Less than two weeks later, according to the China Media Project, China’s Legal Daily newspaper quoted Chen Yixin, Secretary General of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission -- a key ally of Xi Jinping --  as saying at a Commission study session: “We must firmly defend the core status of General Secretary Xi Jinping, firmly defend the Central Party as the one position of highest authority, making the final decisions . . . ”







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