Xi Jinping is ascending to a historic level of power.

He is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, which has 95 million people who are members, and is the most powerful President of China since Chairman Mao.

Now, he is becoming what some experts have called China’s ‘leader for life’.

That makes him one of the most powerful men in history.

Today, former prime minister of Australia Kevin Rudd on the coronation of Xi Jinping and how his ideology has changed China forever.

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Guest: Former prime minister of Australia, Dr Kevin Rudd.

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