![]() ![]() Indeed, Xi has eliminated some potential sources of resistance to his rule in his anti-corruption drive, which has famously begun to net “tigers” as well as “flies”. Not only is Xi the president and head of state, but he is also general secretary of the pivotally important Communist Party of China, not to mention chair of the Central Military Commission, which controls China’s armed forces.īarack Obama may routinely be dubbed “the most powerful man in the world”, but he faces many more constraints on executive political power and a much more effective – if not very constructive – political opposition than does his counterpart in China. ![]() The centralisation of power that has occurred during Xi’s still relatively recent ascendancy is remarkable. ![]() Xi Jinping is China’s most powerful leader since Deng Xioping. ![]()
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