For a while, it seemed like China's one-party state promised to have the best of both worlds, with a single party and lack of general elections to avoid the pro

For a while, it seemed like China's one-party state promised to have the best of both worlds, with a single party and lack of general elections to avoid the problems with in-fighting between parties and the voters making stupid choices, and the general inefficiency of democratic systems, while having a party (with many thousands of members) in charge rather than a single person so the party can replace the top leadership when necessary. In practice, however, it doesn't seem to be working out as promised, with Xi turning into a dictator.