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China elevates a military general to the Politburo and seeks to strengthen party discipline
BANGKOK —
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China → elevate → discipline
China's top leaders on Thursday elevated the only remaining general on the commission that oversees the country's military to the Politburo, the top governing body of the Communist Party.
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that → elevate → Party
The leaders also adopted a resolution on strengthening self-governance, discipline and anti-corruption in the party, as they seek to extend their grip on power.
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they → adopt → power
During a four-day closed-door meeting, top Communist Party leaders deliberated on and adopted resolutions that will guide the party in the coming years.
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that → deliberate → years
The meeting comes about a year before President Xi Jinping is widely expected to secure his fourth five-year term as the party's leader.
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Jinping → come → leader
The party elected Gen. Zhang Shengmin, who currently serves as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, to the Politburo.
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who → elect → Politburo
Xi had earlier purged two of China's top generals, leaving Zhang as the commission's only member besides Xi himself.
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Xi → purge → Xi
It also left the Politburo without any representatives from the People's Liberation Army.
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It → leave → Army
Zhang also holds a position overseeing internal discipline for the military, serving as deputy secretary of the CMC Commission for Discipline Inspection.
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Zhang → hold → Inspection
The party said in a summary of the resolution that the tasks facing it were "increasingly arduous," such as "uniting and leading the people to safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests."
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tasks → say → sovereignty
It said it must step up its self-governance, which involves rooting out corruption and maintaining ideological purity.
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which → say → purity
The party should, "with an eye on enhancing its long-term governance capacity, maintain its progressive nature and purity, and its close, flesh-and-blood ties with the people," according to a summary of the resolution from the official Xinhua News Agency.
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party → enhance → Agency
Xi has championed anti-corruption since coming to power in 2012, and has sustained a crackdown on officials for more than a decade.
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Xi → champion → decade
However, analysts say the focus now also includes underperforming officials.
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focus → say → officials
Party members also reviewed the earlier purges of top members and military officials, confirming the personnel changes.
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members → review → changes
The plenum meeting revealed wider-than-expected purges, according to analysis by Neil Thomas, a senior fellow at Asia Policy who studies Chinese politics.
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who → reveal → politics
He calculated an attendance rate of 74 percent, the lowest since the times of former leader Mao Zedong, who ran political purges regularly.
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who → calculate → purges
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