An almost-empty Military Commission, a looming Fifth Plenum, and no clear successor: what happens when power is this concentrated? Explore the high-stakes questions—and what Mao’s China and Stalin’s Soviet Union can teach us about succession and political survival.
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0:08 - The Military Commission and Party Governance
6:14 - Potential Military Commission Reshuffle
9:44 - Xi Jinping and the Succession Question
15:25 - Mao’s Successors and Hua Guofeng
20:42 - Stalin’s Death and Soviet Power Struggles
26:34 - Why Communist Party Elites Preserve the System
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