China's Xi Jinping: Reformer in disguise?

CNN 12 hours ago 

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Beijing (CNN)A Chinese leader gracing the covers of major western publications used to draw wild cheers from the country's state media. When President Xi Jinping appeared on recent covers of The Economist and Time, however, Beijing authorities summarily blocked the two magazines' websites in China. It was no coincidence that both front pages -- and the accompanying articles -- portrayed Xi emerging as a new Mao Zedong, the founding father of Communist China but also considered one of the most ruthless leaders in modern history. Three years into his expected decade-long reign, Xi -- who also heads the ruling Communist Party and the two-million-strong People's Liberation Army -- has amassed more power than almost any other post-Mao Chinese leader. .