He was supposed to be limited to 2 terms as general secretary, the only person to break that tradition was Mao.
His anti-corruptiom prosecutions also happened to be anti-rival prosecutions.
He does have absolute power, sort of, there is just no direct path to remove or bypass him. It’s like we have no direct path to become president without winning an election, though we do have indirect paths that should never happen save for exceptional circumstances.
He was supposed to be limited to 2 terms as general secretary, the only person to break that tradition was Mao.
His anti-corruptiom prosecutions also happened to be anti-rival prosecutions.
He does have absolute power, sort of, there is just no direct path to remove or bypass him. It’s like we have no direct path to become president without winning an election, though we do have indirect paths that should never happen save for exceptional circumstances.