Tuanpai (simplified Chinese: 团派; traditional Chinese: 團派; pinyin: Tuánpài; literally "League Faction") or Youth League Faction, is a term used by political observers to represent cadres and government officials in the Communist Party of China who originated from the Communist Youth League. There has been two "Youth League factions" in recent memory, without direct political lineage between each other. The first, in the 1980s, comprised cadres of Youth League background who supported party leader Hu Yaobang: the term "Tuanpai" was originally used to criticise Hu Yaobang for over-reliance of cadres of Youth League background. The second, from the 2000s, comprised party leader Hu Jintao and his group of populist associates and other political allies.
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