Waiting for China’s Gorbachev? Don’t Hold Your Breath.

The rumors that China’s Xi Jinping has been ousted, or is on the verge of losing power, have drawn the attention of China watchers around the world. His downfall has been proclaimed prematurely many times, so some skepticism is in order. Inter-party politics in Communist countries are often, as Winston Churchill once described the Soviet Union, “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.”

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