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Is Xi Jinping More Assured in His Position Than He Would Have Been Three or Four Months Ago?
Xi Jinping undoubtedly has brought more personal rule to most of China's major institutions than either Hu Jintao or Jiang Zemin, his two immediate predecessor. The one exception that I think we've recently seen that gave Xi some pause for thought was of course the COVID regulations. If we ask the question today, sitting here, is Xi Jinping perhaps more assured in his position than he would have been three or four months ago? There's a plausible answer that is yes.