Implications of Xi Jinping's Hold on Power: Former Senior CIA China Analyst Chris Johnson
Intelligence Matters
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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