Why The Naivete In Misreading Xi’s Furtherance of One-Man Rule and State-Domination Of The Economy?

Xi Jinping’s elevation of his cronies into China's Communist Party’s inner-most circle and his furtherance of state domination of the economy was seen as a shocker to most outsiders. It shouldn’t have been. Both of these have been on Xi's agenda ever since he took over leadership of the country.