It can also be difficult for Americans to appreciate fully the extent to which the leaders of China’s ruling Communist Party are, in fact, ideologically motivated communists. This may have been debatable in the past, but it is harder to argue since Xi Jinping became president in 2012. Xi, who has set himself up as the ideological torchbearer of Mao Zedong, has led a renaissance of communist orthodoxy in government and culture, strengthened party control over businesses and the military, sidelined or purged many of his political rivals, and consolidated power in his hands more than any Chinese
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