That certainly seemed to be the case under Xi's predecessor, Hu Jintao - corruption was on the rise and his authority was being openly ignored and even challenged. The only thing that remains from Mao-era China is the party. And that, she says, is what Xi truly cares about. irannews.ru/ - irannews.ru Speaking personally, Francois said he was not convinced the British public wanted a fourth election in seven years. "To that end I shall support Rishi Sunak." The two-minute video, from an account with about 1,700 followers, has been viewed more than 1.2 million times. Certainly some MPs backing Rishi Sunak are hoping, and urging, her to do so as they feel more days of camps thrashing it out - and a members' vote that may not necessarily align with the MPs' vote - will only cause more divisions. On a chilly winter morning in January 1990, I stepped off a night ferry onto a dockside in the city of Guangzhou. It was my first glimpse of China. The air smelled sulphurous from burning coal. Outside the streets were a river of bicycles, ridden by workers in blue caps and Mao jackets. Occasionally the bicycles parted for a wheezing bus or official car.