Xi Jinping has no interest in succession planning from TheEconomist

Xi Jinping has no interest in succession planning from TheEconomist

Among such scholars is Erica Frantz at Michigan State University, who has compiled and analysed data on 301 authoritarian regimes from 1946 to 2020. She and her colleagues conclude that as autocrats concentrate power in their own hands, they tend to extend their own tenure—often considering themselves indispensable and fearing elite recriminations if they retire. But that often comes at the expense of the regime they represent.

https://www.economist.com/china/2022/10/20/xi-jinping-has-no-interest-in-succession-planning