Implications of Xi Jinping's Hold on Power: Former Senior CIA China Analyst Chris Johnson
Intelligence Matters
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Xi Jinping's No Obvious Successor
There's no obvious successor. Most of the Politburo members are of an age where they could not serve as Xi Jinping's successor. I think it has become sort of a foregone assumption in most media and commentary takes that he intends to rule for life. So my sense is he does see himself though as a man of history, maybe not a messianic leader but certainly someone who's out to accomplish a cause.
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