During my tenure at the school, I advised the CCP’s top leadership on building the party, and I continued to do so after retiring in 2012. For 15 years, I was a professor in the Central Party School, where I helped train thousands of high-ranking CCP cadres who staff China’s bureaucracy.
I have long had a front-row seat to the CCP’s court intrigue. In the shadows, resentment among CCP elites is rising. Xi’s reversal of economic reforms and his inept response to the COVID-19 pandemic have shattered his image as a hero of everyday people. A series of policy missteps, meanwhile, have disappointed even supporters. By discarding China’s long tradition of collective rule and creating a cult of personality reminiscent of the one that surrounded Mao, Xi has rankled party insiders. In a speech in January 2021, he declared China “invincible.” But behind the scenes, his power is being questioned as never before. For many Chinese, Xi’s strongman tactics were the acceptable price of national revival. At home, he boasted of having made huge strides in reducing poverty abroad, he claimed to be raising his country’s international prestige to new heights.
He had elevated himself to the same official status as the CCP’s iconic leader, Mao Zedong, and done away with presidential term limits, freeing him to lead China for the rest of his life. He had consolidated power within the Chinese Communist Party. Not long ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping was riding high.
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