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<h3>''héxīn'' 核心</h3>
[[File:XiCore.png|300px|thumb|right|''"Xi at the Core" (Artist: Badiucao 巴丢草 for CDT)'']]

A reference to the highest leader of the Chinese Communist Party used (when in favor) in official rhetoric. 

The term, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generations_of_Chinese_leadership#Terminology coined by Deng Xiaoping when he called Mao the "core" of the CCP's first generation and himself that of the second], was widely used in reference to [[Toad|Jiang Zemin]], "the core of the third generation." The term was not commonly applied to the low-key fourth generation Party leader [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/china/hu-jintao/ Hu Jintao], but was [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/05/world/asia/china-president-xi-jinping-core.html resurrected by state media to refer to Xi Jinping] amid the [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/09/crackdowns-continue-risks-become-clear/ fifth generation leader's drive to consolidate power], and used [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/01/in-book-xi-jinping-taints-ousted-rivals-with-talk-of-plots/ widely by provincial and municipal leaders for Xi in early 2016 during a loyalty drive]. Writing about the term's comeback in official media dialogue in late 2015 and early 2016, the [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/05/world/asia/china-president-xi-jinping-core.html New York Times' Chris Buckley noted] that the "new push to praise [Xi] as China’s "core" leader, a term resonant with the formidable stature once held by Deng Xiaoping, suggests that his steely quest for dominance is not over." 

In late October of 2016, as [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/10/speculation-continues-future-xis-leadership/ speculation about internal Party power jockeying was heating up] ahead of the leadership transition expected at the 2017 19th Party Congress, the title of "core" Party leader was formally bestowed on Xi Jinping by the CCP. A communique released following the 6th Plenum of the 18th Party Central Committee appealed for Party members to "[http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/10/xi-crowned-core-leader-true-strength-still-disputed/ closely unite around the CCP Central Committee with Comrade Xi as the core]."  

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