eel way

Historian Says Xi Jinping’s Biggest Enemy Is Himself —  As a scholar of Chinese Communist Party history, 69-year-old Gao Wenqian has spent more than four decades writing about the party’s highest leaders including Chairman Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, who served as premier from 1949 until his death in 1976. Gao’s 2003 book, “Zhou Enlai in His Late Years,” made Gao one of the most widely read Chinese authors and a thorn in the side the Communist Party. Gao emigrated to the United States in 1993 after he was demoted and criticized for supporting China’s human rights movement in 1989. VOA Mandarin talked to Gao about his views on Xi Jinping, who is expected to be elected to a third term as party chairman at the 20th Communist Party Congress beginning Sunday with more than 2,000 delegates from across China. Gao believes Xi is facing an unprecedented challenge in spite of his seemingly solid control of the party and said, “Xi Jinping’s biggest enemy is himself.” The following ...