Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin dies aged 96
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China's former leader Jiang Zemin, who came to power after the Tiananmen Square protests, has died at 96 - state media say.

Lost by a few months to Q.E. II :sadness:

Wish you forever Simple, forever Naive

Do we not have any Jiang emojis here? What travesty!

  • s0ykaf [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    it is that time where the party clique threw the zhongshan suits for the business suits

    didn't know that one, cool

    which implied there is indeed a dynamic of grooming of the future leaders by the previous leaders

    i see

    to be fair, that tends to be the dynamic in every political institution, but it probably gets more pronounced within china's system

    • Fishroot [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      It is more pronounced because of the term limits. If you establish an arbitrary term limit, It would imply that there is a risk of rupture for long term political planning once the previous leader is out. Therefore, there is this system of the Elder imminence/influence.

      I'm also not saying that no term limits is good either. There are drawbacks with a long term ruling leadership such as a stratification and a certain lack of flexibility within the party

      TLDR there is no perfect ruling system, it's kind of asking what is better btw a parliamentary system and a presidential system. The key is to have some flexibilities to control the variables