It was all set to become a new era of better, brighter and
more disciplined, for the world's fastest rising superpower, when Xi Jinping
became general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC), on November 14,
2012. That made him the de facto head of state as well. The “exceptionally
ambitious”, confident and focused Xi was expected to take China to ever greater
heights.
Today, the picture of the new China is far different from
expectations. The property sector collapse
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