Thierry Wolton is the author, in particular, of "A world history of communism" in three volumes at Grasset, which caused an event: "Les Executioners" (2015), "Les Victimes" (2016), "Les Complices" ( 2017), price Today 2018. Latest book published: "Thinking communism" (Grasset, 2021).
Before the opening of the XX Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, on October 16 in Beijing, Xi Jinping accelerated the purge of his cadres under the pretext of fighting against corruption.
The Chinese number one has thus consolidated his hold on the party when he seeks a third term, after having amended the Constitution which limited the exercise of supreme power to two times five years.
Over 1 million senior CCP officials have been disciplined in the past ten years.
This purge is accompanied by a cult of the personality of the number one worthy of the Maoist era.
Beyond his person, Xi Jinping seeks to strengthen the grip of the party in order to prepare communist China to occupy the first…
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