Last remnants of summer calm also for the Chinese nomenklatura retreating to Beidaihe, the coastal town in Hebei ideal for escaping the stifling heat of the capital. Here the ritual of the closed-door meeting of Chinese leaders to define the political agenda has been repeated since the 1950s, from the time of Mao Zedong who even dedicated a poem to Beidaihe, while Hu Jintao, opposed to informal meetings, abolished the custom in 2003 before Xi Jinping restored it, also opening the doors to contributions to the discussion from retired senior leaders.
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In Beidaihe, not coincidentally known as “the room full of smoke,” work and rest intertwine continuously, the political office of the Central Committee, decimated by purges, this time not coincidentally focuses on issues of fighting corruption, party discipline, and strengthening political loyalty ahead of the upcoming 21st National Congress and the officials who will need to be selected.
The agenda goal leaks out to suppress “the three impure types of people,” those disloyal to Xi Jinping’s leadership, those who form factions or groups, and those favorable to the US, with zero tolerance for those who have moved their families to the United States. Full and strict Party governance is central to the Fifth Plenum in October, which will be attended by over 370 delegates including full and alternate members.
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Other Party priorities emerge in Beidaihe: opposing Taiwanese independence, supporting patriotic forces in Taiwan’s local elections, countering the increase in Taipei’s military investments, particularly the spread of unmanned aerial vehicles which would radically compromise China’s favorable position in the Taiwan Strait. The Party will continue to limit Taiwan’s international space and sovereignty in every way, investing resources to cover all sectors “to jointly oppose and frustrate Taiwanese independence forces and form a force supporting unification across the Strait.” For this reason, China will provide its full support to Taiwan’s “patriotic forces” during the year-end elections.
With Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting the United States on September 24, Beijing’s strategy towards the US should focus on three areas: Beijing intends to use purchases and trade exchanges to “court” the United States, while isolating Japan, the Philippines, and Taiwan. Beijing “would make every effort to block a new phase of arms sales to Taiwan to avoid disturbing the current strategic pattern.”
