The answer they get from the party this time, as on previous similar occasions, is unambiguous: the CCP has no intention to give up power. In his opening speech to the 18th party congress last week, Hu Jintao, the outgoing general secretary, dispelled any doubts about the party’s resolve to keep its political monopoly. He pledged that the leadership would “never take the evil road of changing flags and banners” – code for abandoning one-party rule.
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