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at China’s “socialism with Chinese characteristics” continues to separate itself from the failed forms of 19th-century socialism that founded the old Soviet Union and was passed to China prior to the reforms of Deng Xiaoping (S/F). The pervasiveness of reform and the call for innova- One must comprehend the co

y, and greater freedom and encouragement to critique government programmes. To understand China’s system of governance, especially under President Xi Jinping (2217), now the “core” of the Chinese Com- munist Party, is to appreciate why these two ways of thinking are deemed complementary, not contra- dictor

a basic assumption behind the report is that modern authoritarianism will be a lasting feature of geopolitics. Since 2012, both Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have doubled down on existing efforts to stamp out internal dissent, and both have grown more aggressive on the world stage. All despotic regimes hav

most assumed that peace would prove durable. But would the general decline in military budgets hold? Would the new national boundaries that divided the former Soviet Union and the former Yugoslavia be sustainable? As modern authoritarianism has taken root and ex- panded its influence, the answers to these questions are

e China added Time and the Economist to the list of blocked media websites in 2016, apparently in retaliation for articles that were critical of Xi Jinping’s accumulation of power.” ¢ In February 2016 visits to China Central Tele- vision (CCTV), the Xinhua news agency, and the People’s Daily newspaper—t

nt. RLK: This year is different: China talks about a “New Era” — and this is not just words, it is really the case. If we look at the vision that Xi Jinping gave at the party congress, what we see here at the National People’s Congress we see as the implementation of that vision across a very broad front.

he constitutional amendment ending term limits, assuming President XiJinping will now serve in a for-life dictator- ship, reminiscent of Mao's China, the Soviet Union, the Kim family in North Korea and some African countries. It is no challenge to explain why abolishing term limits is bad for China - dependency on