Leaders face emboldened critics in internal struggle as protests against China dictatorship grow

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China’s new leaders to face emboldened critics

AFP – A year ago, the villagers of Wukan in China forced their corrupt local leader to flee in a rebellion that shook the Communist Party and which serves as a warning to the country’s incoming leaders. At a congress starting Thursday, the party will anoint a new chief for the next 10 years.

‘Communism camp’ for China’s future leaders

AFP – In the remote Jinggang mountains, China’s future communist elite are being trained in Mao Zedong’s former guerrilla base, an effort to buttress the revolutionary roots of a regime striving to maintain its legitimacy. The Communist Party’s embrace of state-directed capitalism has utterly transformed the country.