THE EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES CENTRE BECOMES THE GEOPOLITICS AND SECURITY STUDIES CENTER (GSSC)
THE EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES CENTRE BECOMES THE GEOPOLITICS AND SECURITY STUDIES CENTER (GSSC)
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Review Dec 01, 2022

China Review. 20th National Congress of the CPC

Raigirdas Boruta
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Summary
  • The overall leadership structure of the Communist Par- ty of China (CPC) remains unchanged, but the existing informal rules regarding the terms and the age limits were applied selectively.
  • Xi Jinping was re-elected as the general secretary of the CPC Central Committee (CC). This is already his third five-year term in office.
  • China’s most powerful institution, the 7-member CPC Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) is now stacked with Xi’s loyalists.
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Raigirdas Boruta

Associate Expert of GSSC China Research Program, PhD student at VU Institute of International Relations and Political Science and policy analyst at STRATA. Raigirdas holds a bachelor’s degree in Asian and Pacific Studies (Chinese Studies) from Lancashire Central University (UK). After studying, he went to China, where he spent five years studying and working. Raigirdas completed a year-long intensive Chinese language and culture course at the Sichuan University (Confucius Institute Scholarship). In 2020, he graduated from Sichuan University (China) with a Master’s degree in International Relations in Chinese. Raigirdas interests: sinology, Chinese foreign and domestic policy, history of the PRC, relations and conflicts between East Asian countries.