The Chinese Communist Party has concluded its 20th National Congress and confirmed Xi Jinping’s dictatorship. Despite frenzied chatter about a supposed coup against him and only slightly more plausible speculation about delegates’ setting limits on his power, Xi will likely rule for life.
This is obviously unfortunate for anyone in the People’s Republic of China who has their own thoughts and wants to make their own decisions. The PRC may be the world’s most egregious human-rights abuser. Other regimes, such as North Korea’s, are more brutal. But Beijing governs far more people and has a greater ability to spread authoritarianism beyond its borders.
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