Long knives come out as secretive politics breaks into the open before October Congress

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Internecine bickering in elite Chinese politics, while full of skullduggery and back-stabbing, is often wrapped in secrecy.

wng — Deputy Mayor of Chongqing Wang Lijun reads documents at the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on Jan. 7. /AFP

But no longer.

As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) gets ready for a once-in-a-decade generational change at its 18th Congress this October, the bloody swordplay has spilled into the open.

The focus of the intrigue is the battle to get into the nine-member Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC), China’s highest ruling council.

Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai, 62, already an ordinary Politburo member, has during the past two years broken Party protocol by deploying a variety of colorful strategies to raise his national profile.

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Long knives come out as secretive politics breaks into the open before October Congress added by World Tribune on February 14, 2012
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