Chinese Communist Party not monolithic , united entity . While the closed-door process involves complex factional negotiations and power struggles that few in the outside world are privy to Analysts say party broadly split between informal ` ` ' '' and ` ` populist '' factions . Upper echelons of Chinese Party about evenly split between the elitists and populists . Party not collaborative because of collective leadership rather than zero - sum game mentality .
Chinese Communist Party not monolithic , united entity . Analysts say party broadly split between informal ` ` ' '' and ` ` populist '' factions . Upper echelons of Chinese Party about evenly split between the elitists and populists . Party not collaborative because of collective leadership rather than zero - sum game mentality .