Some argue that doing away with term limits shows the superiority of the Chinese system as it allows flexibility in matching leadership to requirements. Illustration: Craig Stephens
Xi Jinping’s power has a purpose – one person to see China through its development plans
Robert Lawrence Kuhn says international media have fixated on the end of term limits and missed the point; the pivotal moments in Xi Jinping’s rise to unparallelled power happened several months ago, and there’s a reason the party supports him
Some argue that doing away with term limits shows the superiority of the Chinese system as it allows flexibility in matching leadership to requirements. Illustration: Craig Stephens
