At the 20th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Chinese leader Xi Jinping unveiled his new picks for the party’s top echelon, the Politburo. A number of members updated their official resumes by either deleting or toning down their foreign education and experience.
The phenomenon of foreign credentials being a taboo for the core leader, Xi Jinping, has been widely suspected since Xi took the power. Consequently, party members’ resumes have become part of a political game, according to one China affairs expert.
In 1998 when Xi’s predecessor, Hu Jintao, was in the office, China launched an overseas training program for its next generation of leaders….