The power struggle within the top echelons of the Chinese Communist Party is brutal, and in the past few years, at least four people have been identified as Xi Jinping's "thorns in the side." They are either dead, imprisoned, or have had their influence stripped and may be under house arrest. Xi's four "thorns in the side" are Wang Qishan, Li Keqiang, Liu Yazhou, and Zhang Youxia.
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The power struggle within the top echelons of the Chinese Communist Party is brutal, and in the past few years, at least four people have been identified as Xi Jinping's "thorns in the side." They are either dead, imprisoned, or have had their influence stripped and may be under house arrest. Xi's four "thorns in the side" are Wang Qishan, Li Keqiang, Liu Yazhou, and Zhang Youxia.