China: Three Standing Poliburo Members Face Purge

Before the announcement of Zhou Yongkang's crime, Jiang's second figure , former Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong, was arrested by the central discipline committee. Being detained, the chief person of Jiang's faction was no longer able to influence political situations in China. The other agents of Jiang, the Politburo Standing Committee members Zhang Dejiang , Liu Yunshan , Zhang Gaoli are also facing the coming purge by current President Xi Jingping.

In August 2014, after the downfall of Xu Caihou and Zhou Yongkang, the struggle between Jiang Zemin and Xi Jinping became more fierce. Xi Jinping expressed his determination as "Personal life and death, personal praise or blame , they are nothing at all ." As early as June 25, 2013 , Xinhua News Agency published an article with the title , " Xi Jinping : Politburo members must take the lead in maintaining the central authority " . The reported remarks by Xi are aimed at the three members of Jiang in Politburo Standing Committee .

Since the beginning, the three people Jiang have arranged into the Politburo Standing keep the confrontation with Xi. By now, the conflict has been on the face-to-face stage.

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