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[-] 0x815@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We'll all be summoned.

In 2016, a commentator by The China Project predicted:

Opinion: How Xi Jinping can avoid becoming a dictator

"It may seem far-fetched, but [an electoral presidential] system would grant Mr. Xi the legitimacy and public support he craves to stay in power," writes Ho Pin. "Without the legitimacy of an election, even a flawed one by Western standards, he would have to step down in 2022 or flagrantly ignore the party rules, and turn himself into a dictator who lives in constant fear of being toppled."

Seems it's too late now.

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