is the man that everyone underestimated. Now, he is poised to start an historic third term as Chinese Communist Party leader and effective ruler of the nation - giving him near-free reign to mold the country as he sees fit and to impose his authority on the world.For the Chinese, this will mean the completion of a totalitarian spy-state that uses technology to stamp out opposition and control what they think and say. For the West, it tees up a global war of ideals that will see liberal world order tested by Xi's brand of Leninist authoritarianism. At least that is according to two experts who spoke to MailOnline about what Xi's continued rule is going to mean: Charles Parton, a former British diplomat now at the Council on Geostrategy; and Chris Johnson, formerly a analysts for the CIA and now with the CSIS think-tank.
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