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Xi Jinping’s Authoritarian Drive is Following His Predecessors’ Precedents If there is a norm in Chinese succession, it’s that nearly every paramount leader strove to retain power indefinitely, with most failing. The U.S. State Department’s Policy Planning Staff recently released a long report on China. Likened to George Kennan’s 1946 “Long Telegram,” the report spells out Foggy Bottom’s foreign policy prescriptions to a continually rising China. Deep in the report, however, lies a misconception that has been loudly echoed by China Watchers since China’s 19 th Party Congress in 2018. During that Party Congress, People’s Republic of China (PRC) President Xi Jinping did not name a successor to the powerful Politburo Standing Committee (PSC). Furthermore, a vote by the Central Committee eliminated term limits to the presidency in the PRC Constitution. Since then, China Watchers have proclaimedtimeandtimeagain that Xi Jinping is bucking all succession precedent to

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