CCP powershift: Xi missing, Xu dead, new leaders rise

.

Inside the shadowy walls of Zhongnanhai, a wave of unprecedented political turmoil is unfolding. Xi Jinping remains conspicuously absent. Former CMC Vice Chairman Xu Qiliang has died suddenly. Key officials overseeing Hong Kong and Taiwan have been replaced. The Politburo’s regular monthly meeting? Canceled without explanation. So—who is running China? Even Washington and Moscow are scrambling to find out. A new leader is said to be calling the shots in Zhongnanhai already. 

1. Cancelled politburo meeting
2. Washington and Moscow look for Xi
3. Is Wang Yang the next leader? 
4. What happened when Hu Jintao was escorted out?
5. Xu Qiliang’s sudden death
6. Wang’s speech at Party Elders’ meeting
7. The myth of Li Keqiang’s death

.