China's Politics: Preparing for Leadership Reshuffling and Maintaining Status Quo

In 2011, the Chinese government overcame a string of challenges ranging from inflation and corruption to social unrest. However, the government's soaring fiscal revenue in the aftermath of a global financial crisis has sparked a domestic backlash of guofu minqiong (the state is rich, the people are poor). The Chinese Communist Party on the other hand has been busy reshuffling Party and administrative officials at various levels to prepare for leadership succession at the 18th Party Congress in 2012.