As Geopolitical Futures pointed out, Xi’s tightening grip on China is less about one man becoming powerful than it is about the elite of the world’s most populous nation preparing it to enter into a new turbulent era in international affairs: “[I]t was the need to streamline decision-making, not his thirst for power, that created room for Xi’s political maneuvering in the first place.
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