Selection Considerations
According to informed academic observers such as Cheng Li, a scholar at Brookings Institution, and Susan Shirk of the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, rise in the Chinese political system and selection to the Standing Committee depends more on family connections and loyalty to powerful patrons than on ability. Seniority is believed to play an important role. Policy views of ambitious aspirants are routinely concealed to avoid trouble.
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