The price of paramount power

For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/As he consolidates absolute control, China’s Xi Jinping will also have to answer for a host of crises. Quick take: - Xi Jinping seems set to become China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, but the complex challenges he faces appear intractable—and the downside to supreme authority is total responsibility. - While Xi inherited many of these problems, such as an aging population, wealth inequality, and stagnating productivity, he and his advisors have created two of the most immediate ones: the repercussions of Xi’s Zero COVID policy and China’s deepening real estate crisis