Tsinghua clique

The term Tsinghua clique refers to a group of Socialist Chinese politicians that have graduated or have taught at Tsinghua University (Chinese: 清华大学; pinyin: Qīnghuá Dàxué). They are members of the fourth generation of Chinese leadership, and are purported to hold powerful reformist ideas (a number have studied in the United States following graduation from Tsinghua, and some are said to be influenced by the reform ideals of Hu Yaobang). Just like their predecessors, they attach great importance to socialism with Chinese characteristics. Their ascendance to power is likely to have begun in 2008 at the 17th National Congress of the CPC.

Tsinghua clique
LeaderXi Jinping & Hu Jintao
MembersZhu Rongji
Lin Wenyi
Wang Qishan
Liu Yandong
Chen Xi
Li Xi
Hu Heping
Chen Jining
Zhang Guoqing
Founded2008
HeadquartersBeijing
IdeologyChinese communism
Socialism with Chinese characteristics
Scientific Outlook on Development
Xi Jinping Thought
Populism
Chinese nationalism

Tsinghua graduates who have political prominence are disproportionately greater in number than graduates of other famous universities. Among the nine standing committees at the Politburo, there are four Tsinghua graduates; among the 24 Politburo committee members, there are five; and of all the "leaders of the party and the country", there are 10.

Key figures are reported to currently include:

Retired or deceased:

The Tsinghua clique also referred to a group of Nationalist Chinese politicians who held high power in the Republic of China government and fled to Taiwan with the government during the Chinese Civil War. All of them are deceased:

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