With Xi Jinping elevating himself to a stature only enjoyed by Mao in the past, there is greater possibility of tumult and personnel purges at different levels of the Chinese party-state system. While these have created ripples across the Chinese system of elite politics and among its observers outside, they are unlikely to undermine Xi’s authority in the near term
By Manoj Kewalramani & Anushka Saxena
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