Overreach and overreaction, with Susan Shirk
Sinica Podcast
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Strong Man Leaders Are Going to Be More Paranoid
The two senior officials from the public security and disciplinary domain who had been in charge, I think it's Fu who is in charge of the investigation of Zhou Yongkang. And these are big heavy hitters and they've been accused of themselves forming a political clique against Xi Jinping. So what you see is that when you're a strong man leader, a more dictatorial leader and you put so much pressure on subordinates to prove their loyalty...you're always going to suspect them for being insincere. Even Mao himself, I have a quote in there that Mao said to hoch him in, that never believe what they say about you. All strong man leaders are going to be more
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