Xi Jinping’s political modus operandi, when confronted with a challenge—either foreign or domestic—is to double down: to either crash through or crash. Unlike most of his recent predecessors, Xi is a calculated, albeit not a reckless, risk taker. His critical skill is to identify a political or policy vacuum and to fill it before others do. He is a master tactician in building political momentum across the cumbersome internal machinery of the CCP by deploying key personnel to critical positions; mobilizing the party’s propaganda apparatus; and anchoring his worldview in a single,
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XJP framework
