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3: Create a personality cult

How to become a dictator

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Xi Jinping's New App

Unlike Mao who relied solely on posters and slogans, Xi has an extra tool at his fingertips. Technology. First, he demanded the state TV channel to remember its job, to serve the party. Then there's the app. Study Xi, strong nation. The name alone gives you a sense of how tedious it is to use this app. It's all about Xi's ideology, understanding it, analyzing it, applying it. His blueprint on how to make China great again, so to speak.

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