[LukeL]

A crisis like this is a perfect pretext for Winnie the Pooh to enact extreme executive powers and completely lock-down the country. The other factor is declaring currency is spreading the illness and institute digital currency via their social ranking system.

[Zhang Fei]

[A crisis like this is a perfect pretext for Winnie the Pooh to enact extreme executive powers and completely lock-down the country.]

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While his title is President (and more importantly, Chairman of the Central Military Commission aka Commander-in-Chief), Xi Jinping is basically an emperor, meaning he can literally have *anyone* summarily executed. This crisis potentially weakens him rather than makes him more powerful. Troop movements can be utilized for purposes other than carrying out the head honcho’s orders. But it would take a mixture of daring and skill reminiscent of Yeltsin’s ascent to power. Even Beria had to wait until Stalin was dead (although he was rumored to have poisoned Uncle Joe) before making his move. And Beria lost out to Khrushchev.

[grey_whiskers]

A crisis like this is a perfect pretext for Winnie the Pooh to enact extreme executive powers and completely lock-down the country.

Slight correction:

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

China is not a democracy. It’s basically a modern dictatorship.