Ever wondered how to build a dictatorship? Our interactive profile of China's most powerful leader since Mao will show you: telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
It starts with being denounced by your own family, and being forced to live in a cave. 
And includes the most sophisticated surveillance technology in the world.
It helps to lock a lot of people up.
And create a cult of personality.
You should also think about dredging the sea and building military islands in contested waters.
But most importantly, you should publish your own philosophy and make it part of the curriculum in primary schools. And also force cadres to study it and make policy out of it.
Loads more great tips in here: telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
With words by @sophia_yan and visuals by @marihallal, @divstivs and @jefffuturi
With words by @sophia_yan and visuals by @marihallal, @divstivs and @jefffuturi
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