Sure, "elections", that's why Xi has been president for how many years already? I lost count

When the key criteria for leadership selection is alignment with a specific ideology, and that ideology is defined by a specific person, it's almost tautological that said person will end up in charge for as long as they'd like to be.

Mao Zedong: 1943 - 1976 (various titles?). He was sidelined around 1959 and staged a successful coup, retaking actual power, in 1966.

Hua Guofeng: 1976 - 1981

Hu Yaobang: 1981 - 1987

Zhao Ziyang: 1987 - 1989. Removed from office for reasons related to the Tiananmen protests.

Jiang Zemin: 1989 - 2002

Hu Jintao: 2002 - 2012

Xi Jinping: 2012 - present

( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader_of_the_Chinese_Communis... )

So far he's in third place for length of service.

Any elections in the People's Republic of China occur under a one-party authoritarian political system controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

It's not the same, and as a consequence of being one-party; means (like the parent suggests) they can be more long term focused, which seems to be working.

There's still blame, but it is attached to people, not "the party" (at least not in terms of action taken to enforce blame).

prefer this to allowing conservatives to have any power. why should guys doing the heil hitler salute get a turn at the wheel