How President Xi Is Facing Pushback From Within the Communist Party
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The CCDI document ... is an act of remonstrance: although it emanates from a posture of loyalty to the leader, it presents a more serious challenge. Chinese political tradition gives great value to 'loyal remonstrance' (jiàn), in which one warns a powerful figure as a way of serving him, at the risk of one's head. Remonstrance comes from within the leader's camp, rather than from opponents. And, as the historical and literary allusions in the document suggest, it comes about when the leader is in great danger -- from himself.
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