Challenges to Xi Jinping, grow from Party, people and PLA
Xi Jinping once looked supreme, unimpeachable and irreproachable. He was perched high upon a pedestal he and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) erected after he became supremo in 2012.
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At first, he could do no wrong, as China's economy and military might inexorably grow. However, a lot has happened since then, and the gloss of his aura has rubbed off and is now tarnished.
Much of the reason for that has been Xi's poor handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, increasingly restrictive surveillance and control over the minutest aspect of Chinese society, unstinting support for tsar Vladimir Putin and his war machine, and his failed economic policies.
Consider too that Xi and a militant CCP have done nothing to endear themselves to other nations — as China grabbed territory in India and the South China Sea, tightened the screws against Taiwan, trampled on human rights in Xinjiang, and subjugated Hong Kong. He has rubbed neighbours up the wrong way and alarmed Europe and the US.
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been complicit in all manner of sabre-rattling activities and in bullying others smaller than themselves. Yet the PLA is in a degree of disarray, wracked by scandal, corruption and political interference. Commander-in-chief Xi is not filled with confidence in his armed forces.
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