Rory Truex is a professor at Princeton University focusing on Chinese politics and authoritarian regimes. Professor Truex argues why the year of 2017/2018 may one day be considered a "critical year" for modern China, the year President Xi Jinping signaled a "New Era" of his own making. He also highlights three troubling trends to watch moving forward.

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