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Cake day: June 8th, 2023

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  • We’ll have to see what happens over the next few years, he may not even be in consideration for the position. He was an odd pick imo. I thought Xi would leave Li Keqiang there, but from what I understand they did not get along. The west liked Li Keqiang too.

    I think Li Qiang was likely chosen to signal to the west that China would welcome their investments much to the chagrin of the US who has been trying to pry it away via sanctions and the continuing trade war. In that sense he was a good choice for his current position. The more the west spends in developing China the better for them.

    I doubt he’s China’s gorby though, as the situation in the two countries are very different.






  • His proximity to capitalists doesn’t inspire much confidence in me, and Shanghai is a liberal mecca.

    I’m not the most knowledgeable about Li (or the inner workings of the CPC), so I could be quite off base as to what he would do. The western press was pretty happy as they see him as someone to give capital more free reign (even if they then try to deride him as a Xi “loyalist”). Though I think they said the same about Xi at some point lol.

    Iirc there was some hukou reform under Li in Shanghai, which is good and I hope to see it go further.

    Regardless, I think Xi has done enough to set China on a specific path that will likely not be altered beyond recognition depending on who is next, nor would a less influential leader necessarily lead to a power vacuum. It will be interesting to see what happens next though.


  • Yeah I agree about Wang, he’s been high up in government so long but doesn’t face the public in any way that I’ve seen. He’s also just a few years younger than Xi. I was hoping there would be some younger members appointed in the last politburo to give a gesture as to where things may be heading once this generation is out.

    I’m curious to see how he does, but tbh I hope it isn’t Li Qiang.