In the old Soviet Union, one of the charges that could be leveled against an official was “adventurism.”
I think that if the CCP decided to oust Xi, they’d use the same line, especially if China gets slapped on some of its many border aggressions.
[In the old Soviet Union, one of the charges that could be leveled against an official was “adventurism.”
I think that if the CCP decided to oust Xi, they’d use the same line, especially if China gets slapped on some of its many border aggressions.]
That’s just a label. This kind of thing is decided behind the scenes, based on whether the coalition of interests Xi assembles is stronger than the coalition aligned against him. They could just as easily get him on corruption (aka party discipline), abuse of power, etc. Currently, Xi seems to have placed his men in most of the key posts, and displaced his rivals. However, those men obviously have their own ambitions independent of his. Kind of the way Jeff Sessions obviously felt his interests outweighed Trump’s.