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It’s crunching: China’s farewell to the golden years

Mao Zedong is back in vogue under state and party leader Xi Jinping. The tension between yesterday and tomorrow is becoming ever clearer.(Bild: REUTERS)

The historical track record is crunching, the retro course of the Communist Party regime is slowing down the rise of the People's Republic. The young generation looking for a job must learn to "eat bitterness", says head of state Xi Jinping. Krone+ shows the weak points in the "Middle Kingdom".

China's head of state and party leader Xi Jinping is flexing his muscles - both internally and externally. Since he took office in 2012, the dictatorship of the Communist Party has been massively tightened.