Xi Jinping has been good for China’s Communist Party; less so for China
Contradicting Deng Xiaoping, Mr Xi has concentrated vast power in his own hands
“THE Road to Rejuvenation”, a permanent exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, tells the story of China’s “century of humiliation”. Beginning with the Opium wars, it recounts the rise of the Communist Party and the establishment of the People’s Republic in 1949. The display ends with cases of mobile phones and space paraphernalia, the fruits of one-party rule.
This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “Life and soul of the party”
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