Abstract
At the end of the 19th Congress, Xi Jinping appears to emerge the winner on most fronts. First and foremost, the 19th Congress approved an amendment to the Party Constitution enshrining ‘Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era’. Though the new Central Committee and Central Commission for Discipline Inspection are more or less along the expected lines, the Politburo and the Standing Committee brought some surprises. However, over the decades, the opacity of the Party proceedings has not change. A noticeable absence was Chen Miner, the Party Secretary of Chongqing, who in many quarters, was expected to be appointed “heir apparent.” Apparently Xi did not want a “successor” as yet.
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