What Does Total Control Under Xi Mean for Taiwan | Taiwan Talks EP15

📹Host: Yin Khvat "At the end of China’s 20th Party Congress, Xi Jinping went further than many analysts predicted in taking complete control of the country’s top leadership. Xi’s removal of any opposing factions from decision-making body, the Politburo Standing Committee, ensures the norm-breaking leader can now undertake his agenda entirely unchecked. What does the likely promotion to premier of Shanghai party chief Li Qiang, who oversaw some of China’s harshest lockdowns, mean for the PRC’s COVID policy and the battered economy? And was the removal of Hu Jintao a warning to Xi’s rivals? Raymond Sung, Taiwan New Constitution Foundation Deputy CEO, and Huang Kwei-bo, National Chengchi University (NCCU) Associate Professor of Diplomacy, help us analyze the pageantry and propaganda of this twice-in-a decade event to explain China’s future direction. We also speak to commentator and China expert Gordon Chang, a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Gatehouse Institute and author of “The Great U.S.-China Tech War” and “The Coming Collapse of China.” And from Bangkok, we speak to Michael Sheridan author of the “The Gate to China” and Asia correspondent for the Sunday Times (London) for 20 years, covering the rise of China. Topics discussed: China’s return to the Mao Zedong era? Dangers of “one-man” systems Deng Xiaoping’s economic reforms and introduction of term limits Hu Jintao’s removal from the Great Hall and the Chinese saying: ‘Kill the chicken to warn the monkey’ Stronger pushback from democracies as a result of Xi’s consolidation CCP Constitution changed to include “opposition of Taiwan independence” Lessons Xi should be learning from Putin How dangerous is the nuclear threat for Taiwan Does the threat to Taiwan correlate with risk to CCP leadership? Will Xi Jinping’s “Common Prosperity” work to pull millions out of poverty? Will the PRC continue its Zero-COVID policy? U.S.’s chip export controls – how long can China be held back?" #Taiwanese #Taiwan #CCP #XiJinping #Beijing #CCP #20thCPCNationalCongress #TwentyPartyCongress