Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com Just 11 years after then-President Jiang Zemin took the unorthodox step of admitting private businessmen into the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), an unprecedentedly large number of “red capitalists” are set to be inducted into the Party’s policy-setting Central Committee. According to the official media, at least 24 non-state-sector […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com While Hu Jintao’s tenure as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) won’t end until the 18th Party Congress in October, he has already delivered a tough farewell speech to the Party faithful. The occasion was a special study session of Party dogma for top Party, government […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com The Bo Xilai bombshell has not only shattered the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) façade of unity but also exposed serious problems in the system due to the two decades-long moratorium on political reform. Rumors are circulating in Chinese Cyberspace that Bo, the charismatic Party Secretary of Chongqing who […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com A new factor has been injected into factional intrigue within the Chinese Communist Party. Thanks to the wonders of Chinese geriatric medicine, the health of 85-year-old ex-president Jiang Zemin and head of the powerful Shanghai Faction has improved — and he is determined to have a say in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com President Hu Jintao has underscored the imperative of developing a strong navy by directing the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) to “expand and deepen preparations for military struggle.” The term “military struggle” is longstanding PLA shorthand for “winning regional warfare under high-tech conditions.” Hu, who chairs the policy-setting […]