Mystery Communist Party commission ‘may expand role in China’s national security’
A little-known commission chaired by President Xi Jinping could be poised to take an even bigger role in state security with the leadership’s call for centralised oversight in the area, according to a mainland analyst.
The push came amid uncertainties in Beijing’s ties with Washington and challenges to cross-strait affairs, an analyst said.
It also reflected a lack of trust in the Ministry of State Security, another said.
In a meeting on Friday, the Communist Party’s Politburo endorsed a directive for a “comprehensive approach to national security”, a phrase first aired by Xi at the Central National Security Commission’s initial – and only – meeting, in April 2014, more than a year after the body was founded.
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