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Re:China’s Economy Slows Sharply by jhanschoo on Saturday December 15, 2018 @11:58AM (#18689141)
Regarding Xi's motivations with respect to his "strongman" actions, this document about Xi before he became the Gen Sec might shed some light:

https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/09BEIJING3128_a.html

Re:China’s Economy Slows Sharply by sho on Saturday December 15, 2018 @12:53PM (#18689444)
Thank you for that, hadn't seen it. Very interesting, if somewhat dated, but perhaps cause for cautious optimism.