The first plenary session of the 20th Communist Party Congress closed on October 23, and Xi Jinping was successfully re-elected as General Secretary for a third term. Out of the remaining six members of the Politburo Standing Committee, the not-so-factional Zhao Leji and Xi’s close friend Wang Huning were re-elected. The other four new members are all Xi Jinping’s most trusted former ministers. This shows that Xi Jinping has taken full control of the top leadership of the CCP. Some commentators say that th
