Where does Xi Jinping sit on the political compass?

Paramount leader of China

Xi Jinping is placed at -5.4 economically (left) and +5.8 socially (authoritarian). That coordinate falls in the Distributism cell.

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Portrait: Officia do Palácio do Planalto, CC BY 2.0. Source.

Closest ideology

Distributism Distributism wants productive property widely owned by families, workshops, and cooperatives rather than by the state or by large corporations. It is economically left of centre and socially traditional, often drawing on Catholic social teaching.

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