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There's a reason why it looks like he's doing a great job from the outside. Same with why there aren't really any viable alternatives. His political rivals have been punished with corruption charges[1], and he's ruled China with a calculated level of control that hasn't been seen in decades[2].

The move to remove term limits means he will be an absolute dictator for life. One of the only "good" things about the Chinese political system was the 10 year limit, and governance through an oligarchy, so there wouldn't be another cult of Mao type scenario. Since taking office Xi has slowing consolidated power for himself alone, and now with the removal of term limits, I think his control over China is complete.

[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-xi-insig...

[2] https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/02/china... - There's a better video report of surveillance on Bloomberg I think (I remember it was on a business news site)? but I can't find the link right now.