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The History of Seaside Secrecy at Beidaihe

The Globe and Mail’s Mark MacKinnon reported today that the heavily-securitized meetings in which China’s highest-level officials are suspected to have determined who will soon take the reins of CCP power have ended in Beidaihe. Party gatherings in this resort area by the shore of the Bohai are part of an inner-party tradition started by Chairman Mao himself: The tradition of Chinese le