![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/xi-jinping-is-suffering-from-bad-emperor-syndrome/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/TELEMMGLPICT000314699310_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jpeg&description=Everywhere in China, leader Xi Jinping is there. His picture is splashed on the front pages of state newspapers, required to be displayed at houses of worship from Buddhist temples to Christian churches, and beamed from billboards across the country. Red propaganda banners in cities and villages extol his personal philosophy, Xi Jinping Thought. Inside detention camps, Uyghurs – an ethnic group that have suffered in a massive crackdown – are made to wish Mr Xi a long life before being allowed to eat. Over the last decade ruling China, Mr Xi has remade the country of 1.4 billion people in his image. His rise has been charted in The Telegraph's podcast new series How to Become a Dictator. He has consolidated power by ousting political rivals, locking up dissidents, and making unprecedented changes, like enshrining his doctrine in the constitution. Mr Xi has successfully put himself firmly at the 'core' of everything – made more evident than ever after a recent major political meeting ended with his coronation for a historic third term. The 20th Party Congress – a twice-in-a-decade political set piece – that reveals the outcome of China's very secretive leadership selection, saw him name only loyalists to the seven-member Politburo Standing Committee, akin to a presidential cabinet. Kevin Rudd, the former prime minister of Australia, calls it the 'bad emperor syndrome'. 'The danger for Xi Jinping is that he ends up with officials who are less predisposed to tell him the bad news," he told The Telegraph's podcast. Mr Xi also humiliated his predecessor, Hu Jintao, by ejecting him from the stage at the closing ceremony – all in front of the public. Because all the horse-trading occurs inside a black box, the public may never know what really happened in the top ranks of the world's most powerful countries that day. The moment was symbolic of where China has landed under Mr Xi, with the new guard literally ushering out the old guard. 'China makes its own rules because it){kind=link}
Inside the rise of the Chinese president’s cult of personality
Everywhere in China, leader Xi Jinping is there.
His picture is splashed on the front pages of state newspapers, required to be displayed at houses of worship from Buddhist temples to Christian churches, and beamed from billboards across the country.
Red propaganda banners in cities and villages extol his personal philosophy, Xi Jinping Thought.
Inside detention camps, Uyghurs – an ethnic group that have suffered in a massive crackdown – are made to wish Mr Xi a long life before being allowed to eat.