Xi Jinping Consolidates Power
Xi Jinping became General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in November 2012 and President of China in March 2013, succeeding Hu Jintao. He rapidly consolidated power to a degree unseen since Mao Zedong: eliminating rivals through an anti-corruption campaign, abolishing presidential term limits in 2018, concentrating authority in his own person, and intensifying ideological control through "Xi Jinping Thought." Under Xi, China became more assertive internationally — expanding in the South China Sea, pursuing the Belt and Road Initiative, and hardening on Taiwan.
- Year: 2012 CE
- Category: Political
