wait hmm could you see xi jinpings authoritarianism as a /result/ of some deeper political or economic crisis in china? seems like you don't usually get more authoritarianism in good times, like just as a pattern (?)
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Yeah, because back then, the Committee was more fluid, more intellectually diverse, and so Hu had to be warm and affable and to negotiate with all factions.
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But he did his job so well, the situation has calcified. Anyone disagreeing from the Xi line will immediately single them out - and then be disposed of.
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