There are several significant events which preceded China’s constitutional amendment of March 2018 that removed the presidential term limit boosting Xi Jinping’s standing as China’s prospective leader-for-life. Born to a revolutionary leader, Xi Zhongxun, Xi Jinping spent most of his life serving the government, gradually working his way up the hierarchy. His precedence in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and authority over all political institutions of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have arguably placed him at par with Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping.
A report on the 20th Asian Security Conference, co-authored by Research Fellow, IDSA and Conference Coordinator, Dr Jagannath Panda and Assistant Coordinator, Ms Atmaja Gohain Baruah, was published in the April 2019 issue of India Strategic.
The Asian Security Conference was organised by IDSA on March 26-28, 2019, and sought to discuss the theme of the state of Multipolarism in Asia and the various tectonic shifts that are driving it.
