From WSJopinion: Xi Jinping is on track to rule China through at least five American presidencies. The U.S. needs urgently to establish a long-term, bipartisan national China strategy through to 2035 and beyond, writes MrKRudd
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Annual plenums are the mechanism through which the 95-million-member party defines the parameters of official ideology, political discourse and policy direction. But this plenum was different. It’s the first time since the era of Deng Xiaoping that the party has produced a formal resolution on party history, which now officially defines Mr. Xi’s political position within the Chinese Communist pantheon.
Second, the resolution reconfirms Mr. Xi’s position as the core of party leadership and emphasizes that this is of “decisive significance”—a critical phrase—for China. The plenum communiqué is replete with praise for Mr. Xi’s leadership, demonstrating a cult of personality that would have been political anathema under Deng. Internal disagreement won’t be tolerated as Mr. Xi campaigns to be reappointed at the party congress next fall.
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