Four years ago, Xi Jinping set himself up to become China’s leader indefinitely.
At last week’s Communist Party congress in Beijing, he stepped into that role, making a notable sweep of the country’s other top leaders and placing even greater focus on national security.
Guest: Chris Buckley, chief China correspondent for The New York Times.
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