Interview with Robert Lawrence Kuhn on Xi Jinping’s New Politburo Standing Committee (Oct 2017)

CW CNN International Xi Jinping and the New Politburo Standing Committee Robert Lawrence Kuhn - October 26, 2017 HOST: The author of How China’s Leaders Think: The Inside Story of Past, Current and Future Leaders, Robert Lawrence Kuhn is a longtime advisor to the Chinese government. He comes to us once again from Beijing. We talked this time yesterday. Good to have you back. And we discussed yesterday what we would learn about that lineup of the standing committee. It hadn’t been revealed at that point that we spoke, but we now know and is it correct to say the most significant thing is no sign of a leader in waiting? RLK: I think the most significant sign is who the people are and how they relate to each other. It’s a group that actually respects traditional norms. » F RLK: There was thought that Wang Qishan, for example, might violate norms by being on the Standing Committee after the traditional retirement age and that’s not the case. There is balance among the member in terms of their geographies, even their political affiliations within the party which internally are important. Two are from Shanghai, two are from the Communist Youth League - one is actually from Shanghai and the Youth League as well but he’s really from Shanghai - two have a long relationship with General Secretary Xi. And then of course General Secretary Xi has the overarching power as everyone says - and that is correct and will be correct for a long time to come. tobert Lawrence y CHINA'S NEW POWER PLAYERS ./ LIVE Ii PRESIDENT XI CEMENTS POWER, REVEALS LEADERSHIP TEAM | CEMENTS POWER, REVEALS LEADERSHIP TEAM fe" >Kuhn Author, "How China's Leaders Think” was ~ sss08 TODAY HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023680