EMPEROR XI JINPING RIDES THE TIANANMEN TIGER.

So prepare for Emperor Xi, a high-tech 21st century monarch clothed in presidential garb, draped in Communist Party propaganda and supported by the globe’s second largest GDP.

…Zhou dynasty emperors invoked The Mandate of Heaven to justify their absolute monarchy. European royalists had their Divine Right of Kings. In the 21st century, the Central Committee Rubber Stamp Mandate satisfies Emperor Xi.

My latest Creators Syndicate column. (bumped)