I’m interested in the “Xi will be assassinated/otherwise killed if he doesn’t secure this bid for presidency” perspective. Even if he was put in a position where he’d lose the bid for a third term, is it likely that he’d be killed for stepping down? The four previous paramount leaders weren’t. Is the argument that he’s amassed too much power/done too much evil/burned too many bridges in getting his level of power?
Although I think most people who amass Xi’s level of power are best modelled as desiring power (or at least as executing patterns which have in the past maximized power) for its own sake, so I guess the question of threat to his life is somewhat moot with regards to policy.
I’m interested in the “Xi will be assassinated/otherwise killed if he doesn’t secure this bid for presidency” perspective. Even if he was put in a position where he’d lose the bid for a third term, is it likely that he’d be killed for stepping down? The four previous paramount leaders weren’t. Is the argument that he’s amassed too much power/done too much evil/burned too many bridges in getting his level of power?
Although I think most people who amass Xi’s level of power are best modelled as desiring power (or at least as executing patterns which have in the past maximized power) for its own sake, so I guess the question of threat to his life is somewhat moot with regards to policy.
Too much power, I would assume. Yet he didn’t kill Bo Xilai.