To understand what Xi Jinping's concentration of power really means, we must turn to history
- Written by Marina Yue Zhang, Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney

After he secured an unprecedented third term as the leader of both Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the country’s Central Military late last month, Xi Jinping led the seven-member Standing Committee of the Politburo on a visit to Yan’an. This is the CCP’s sacred revolutionary base from where the first-generation...