News Analysis With the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) getting closer, the death of Yang Xiong, former mayor of Shanghai, has drawn people’s attention to the power struggle within the CCP, especially between Xi Jinping and former leader Jiang Zemin. The 20th National Congress will be held in the autumn of next year. The CCP’s National Congress is held every five years to decide who will be the next leader. According to the CCP’s official media, Yang died of a heart attack in Shanghai Huashan Hospital in the early hours of April 12 at the age of 68. Hong Kong’s Sing Tao Daily quoted Xu Shiping, former president and chief editor of Shanghai Eastday Co., as saying that Yang was sent to the hospital at around 10 p.m. on April 11. Then about two hours later, Yang was pronounced dead and the hospital confirmed that he died of a …