A woman takes pictures of wreaths sent by Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders to Zeng Yanxiu at Zeng's flat, in Beijing, March 10, 2015.
Linette Lopez, Business Insider: China's president has been going to funerals lately — it's a sign of trouble
Chinese President Xi Jinping has been attending a lot of funerals lately, and it's because he needs friends, badly.
For months, Reuters reports, the president has been attending to the funerals of high-level, retired party officials from various factions of the Chinese government.
All of them are members of the all-encompassing Chinese Communist Party (CCP), but some are from the right-wing, market-friendly faction, and others are in the left-wing faction, which believes in a more pure version of communism.
WNU Editor: When my deployment to China was coming to an end, I told my replacement that if he should ever be invited to a Chinese funeral .... do not refuse it. Funerals for top officials in China are like funerals for biker gangs and the Mafia in the West .... it is an opportunity to see who is still around, to network, to do business, to form alliances and understandings ... and oh yeah .... I almost forgot .... to give one's respects to the grieving family.
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