To understand what Xi Jinping's concentration of power really means, we must turn to history
- Written by: Marina Yue Zhang, Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney
Andy Wong/AP/AAPAfter he secured an unprecedented third term as the leader of both Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the country’s Central Military late last month, Xi Jinping led the seven-member Standing Committee of the Politburo on a visit to Yan’an. This is the CCP’s sacred revolutionary base from where the first-generation...