Analysis by Gergely Salát
Xi Jinping, who was re-elected as Party General Secretary in October 2022, has been in power for a decade, and significant changes have taken place in China’s domestic and international situation during these ten years. The second part of this three-part study focuses on Xi Jinping’s domestic power politics. As Xi has taken a series of steps to strengthen both his own position and the Chinese Communist Party’s control over society and the economy, the last decade was characterized by centralization in China. As the first part of the study suggests, these changes were not only the result of Xi Jinping’s personal ambitions but also due to the general view of the party elites that without changing the course of Chinese development, the CCP may lose its power, and the country might disintegrate.
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