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    560 : More Power For President Xi Jinping A Return To Authoritarian Rule In China?

    Shahid Javed Burki

    6 March 2018

    China is going through another political transformation. With President Xi Jinping given another term in office, the country appears to have reverted to authoritarian rule. This paper examine the past to put the recent developments in Beijing in a historical context.