The changing politics behind China’s building

Monday, 22 August 2016

A nice piece from Lisa Murray at the AFR today is important for next year:

…next year’s Party Congress marks the end of Mr Xi’s first five-year term and five out of the top seven political leaders will leave the Politburo Standing Committee, having reached the generally accepted retirement age of 68 for top cadres.

That should pave the way for the next generation of leaders, including the eventual successor to Mr Xi. However, instead of focusing on the Party’s rising stars, speculation remains fixed on the political futures of Mr Xi and Premier Li Keqiang.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.