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Li Datong on China’s next generation of leadership or "What Michael Corleone and the Yongzheng Emperor taught me about succession struggles"

October 6th, 2007 · 6 Comments

Many–if not both–of my readers know that one of my favorite political commentators is the former editor of Freezing Point, Li Datong.
Writing for openDemocracy.net on China’s leadership, Li argues that the status gap between the paramount leader and the rest of the party leadership has narrowed with each successive generation. Most notably, with every passing [...]

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