CHINA-DISSIDENCE: ORIGINAL VERSION OF PEOPLE'S DAILY ARTICLE ON SIXTH PLENUM MAKES NO MENTION OF XI JINPING

The official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) People's Daily published an article on December 9 which, intriguingly, ignored any mention of Chinese President Xi Jinping. The 2703-character article was titled "Deeply Studying the Spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee (Sixth Plenum)" and authored by Qu Qingshan, member of the CCP's 18th Central Discipline Inspection Commission of and member of the 19th CCP CC. He is currently Dean of the CCP CC's Institute of Party History and Literature. The article was replaced with an amended version many hours later. The amended version read: "General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Reform and opening up is a great awakening in the history of our party. It is this great awakening that gave birth to great creations from theory to practice in the new era.” Reform and opening up is the product of a great awakening, and the great awakening gave birth to reform and opening up. Reform and opening up developed China, developed socialism, and developed Marxism". (Comment: Appearing at a time when Xi Jinping is supposed to have consolidated his unshakable authority, the article's appearance strongly hints at inner-Party differences in the months leading to the 20th Party Congress.) .





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