TOKYO -- Everyone got it wrong, said a source regarding Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent political moves. "That includes the young members of the 'Zhejiang faction' who have been closest to Xi over the past year. Only Wang Qishan understood what Xi was trying to do."
The Zhejiang faction is comprised of politicians who spent time with Xi when he was previously Communist Party chief of the eastern province -- such as Chongqing party secretary Chen Min'er -- and are considered Xi's most trusted aides.