Xi Jingping

Published on 9th March, 2018, on The Economic Times. Soon the Constitution of China will be changed and Xi Jingping will become President for life. Many people across the world will envy his power and wonder why the Chinese people, through the People’s party, are allowing this grab of power. Perhaps it is an echo of the Mandate of Heaven, the cornerstone of Chinese myth. In the old days every shaman approached the gods in heaven. This confused the gods and so to ensure efficiency and effectiveness, all prayers were communicated to heaven via one shaman, the Emperor, the link between heaven and earth. For ..