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From Shanghai clique to Xi Circle – Rise & Fall of Chinese Political elites In politics a leader’s political security is guaranteed by trusted comrades around him. This was true to the Romans, true to the soviets & true to any modern political leadership. In a multiparty democratic system these loyal, powerful supporters have a shorter life span compared to that of the autocratic or single party systems. In non democratic – single party systems the loyal circles will last as long as the leader survives. The relationship between the leader and his loyal elites work in a reflective manner. When the leader shines so does his entourage. When any one among the loyalists circle gets tainted, it reflects upon the leader’s legacy. That is why whenever a leader falls the loyalist ends up getting flushed out & even prosecuted. Looking at the notorious Satlin’s secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria this could very well be understood. Coomunist China has not been any different from the rest of the world in this political elite circles. From the gang of four that rose to the helm of Chinese politics during the cultural revolution to the Shanghai clique , these intraparty elite fractions have dominated the one party communist China. Mao himself acknowledged this reality “No party outside the party reflects an imperial ideology; no faction within the party is an incredibly bizarre notion,” said Mao. Let’s take a look at the Shanghai clique to quench the thirst of knowledge. As an...