Opinion: Why China's 'Emperor Xi' should worry the US
Published on March 04, 2018 at 02:04PM by James Stavridis, Bloomberg
The last emperor of China, Pu Yi, abdicated in 1912. He was the 12th emperor of the historically important Qing dynasty, which lasted 267 years. With his departure, two millenniums of empire, usually with a single individual dominating all of China, ended. Since then, the nation has moved toward an authoritarian system under Communist Party control, but has frequently changed leaders since the death in 1976 of Mao Zedong. Over recent decades, the party has observed a limit of two five-year terms -- a system that has provided reasonable stability while also allowing some level of change. That era seems to be ending.
Published on March 04, 2018 at 02:04PM by James Stavridis, Bloomberg
The last emperor of China, Pu Yi, abdicated in 1912. He was the 12th emperor of the historically important Qing dynasty, which lasted 267 years. With his departure, two millenniums of empire, usually with a single individual dominating all of China, ended. Since then, the nation has moved toward an authoritarian system under Communist Party control, but has frequently changed leaders since the death in 1976 of Mao Zedong. Over recent decades, the party has observed a limit of two five-year terms -- a system that has provided reasonable stability while also allowing some level of change. That era seems to be ending.
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