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The Graphic Truth: China's "Paramount Leaders"

October 17, 2022
Wajahat S. Khan
and
Paige Fusco
The Graphic Truth: China's "Paramount Leaders"

While two-party and/or multi-party democracies thrive on differing policies being pushed by fresh leadership in regular elections, what happens in the case of one-party rule? In China, the Communist Party changes hands through a selection of its “paramount leader'' who also espouses their own philosophy that evolves along with the Communist party. Still, the essential idea is consistent: preserve the party above all else. We explore the basic tenets of political theories of China’s five “Paramount Leaders.”

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