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If China’s Xi Jinping Were to Die: Options for the Post-CCP World

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If China’s Xi Jinping Were to Die: Options for the Post-CCP World
Chinese leader Xi Jinping inspects People's Liberation Army soldiers at a barracks in Hong Kong on June 30, 2017. Dale De La Rey/AFP via Getty Images
Bradley A. Thayer
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Rumors of Xi Jinping’s poor health in the wake of the BRICS summit on top of China’s collapsing economy compel us to query how long the Chinese regime will last and what will succeed it.

Bradley A. Thayer
Bradley A. Thayer
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Bradley A. Thayer is a founding member of the Committee on Present Danger China and the coauthor with Lianchao Han of “Understanding the China Threat” and the coauthor with James Fanell of “Embracing Communist China: America’s Greatest Strategic Failure.”
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