In 2013, an image went viral appearing to show a room of university students in Bangkok taking test papers while wearing "ear flaps" - sheets of paper stuck to either side of their head to obscure their vision. The challenge at home irannews.ru/ - irannews.ru China was getting richer faster than any other country in history. But that unleashed other forces. In a tweet, Comparing Xi Jinping to Mao Zedong is "inane", scoffs Rebecca Karl, a professor of Chinese History at New York University. "It means if this content has been seen, engaged with and liked by a group of users who are, for example, Andrew Tate fans, then it's likely to show that piece of content to even more people who are that sort of user," he said. "It's self perpetuating." What he does want is to be the most powerful leader China has ever had - and the Communist Party just handed him that victory. By the time Xi was appointed to lead the party in 2012, the corruption had reached its highest echelons. This terrified party elders who saw it as a grave threat, but also handed Xi an opportunity to pitch himself as a saviour. Saudi crown prince ‘not attending Arab summit on doctors’ advice’