[China] - New Communist Party guidelines hint Xi Jinping is entrusting more power to deputies

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
New rules on certain Communist Party organs suggest China’s ruling party is aiming to standardise its decision-making process and that
President Xi Jinping might be delegating more of his power, according to observers. One analyst said the move could hint at his plan for
succession. The 24-member Politburo, the party’s top echelon, on Monday reviewed new rules that would apply to the various “party
coordinative institutes” – organisations aimed at coordinating cross-agency policies in a specific...