Is Xi Jinping the new Chairman Mao?

"Large-scale changes sometimes happen imperceptibly. Just because we can't see or feel it doesn't mean continents aren't drifting.

So it is with the international order. China's global ascendancy is not a recent phenomenon, but the world has a new seismographic reading, if you will, of a consequential shift in the country's internal political geology.

As of last weekend, President Xi Jinping is no longer bound by term limits. Thanks to a change in policy by the Communist Party, he is positioned to become ruler for life."

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/globe-editorial-with-president-for-life-beijing-takes-an-ugly-turn/article38158602/