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![What Is the State of the Chinese State? What Is the State of the Chinese State?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-09-19-155842.jpg)
What Is the State of the Chinese State?
By Jamie Horsley
Pronouncements of its demise amid a strengthening of CCP control may be premature.
![Changhao Wei on the Role of China’s National People’s Congress Changhao Wei on the Role of China’s National People’s Congress](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-03-29-174135.jpg)
Changhao Wei on the Role of China’s National People’s Congress
By Shannon Tiezzi
“The party undeniably has a larger-than-ever presence in the NPC’s work, most visibly in lawmaking… That has, in my view, contributed to a stronger NPC vis-à-vis other state institutions.”
![China’s Premier Li Keqiang Bows out as Xi Loyalists Take Reins China’s Premier Li Keqiang Bows out as Xi Loyalists Take Reins](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-02-28-142227.jpg)
China’s Premier Li Keqiang Bows out as Xi Loyalists Take Reins
By Associated Press
Once seen as a potential top leader, Li was increasingly sidelined as Xi accumulated ever-greater powers.
![Xi Jinping’s Legitimacy Malaise Is Bad News for Cross-Strait Relations Xi Jinping’s Legitimacy Malaise Is Bad News for Cross-Strait Relations](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-11-23-120829.jpg)
Xi Jinping’s Legitimacy Malaise Is Bad News for Cross-Strait Relations
By Anthony Toh Han Yang and Jonghyuk Lee
Xi’s achievements as a core leader of the party are far inferior to those of Mao and Deng. Taiwan may be his only chance to secure a legacy-defining victory.
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