China: Xi’s Party-State At 70 Feeling The Itch – Analysis

Authoritarian resistance to criticism and full accountability of leadership may limit China’s global ambitions.

By Börje Ljunggren*

China has entered a “third era” with President Xi Jinping placing himself in the same firmament as Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. Like Mao, he refers to himself as a people’s leader....