3: Create a personality cult
How to become a dictator
How to Become a Dictator - The Telegraph Podcast
President Xi Jinping is making good on his whole Mao 2.0 project. But to fully do it, he would have to replace the chairman in Tiananmen Square. It's a tantalizing, but taboo thought, and one that could quickly be censored. To show you how unrelenting censorship can be, Louisa Wells visits a steam bun restaurant. She finds out why people try to avoid talking about him even in veiled ways.
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