Cult of personality

==== Xi Jinping ====
{{Main|Xi Jinping's cult of personality}}
A cult of personality has been developing around [[Xi Jinping]] since he became [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party|General Secretary]] of the ruling [[Chinese Communist Party]] and the regime's [[paramount leader]] in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://international.la-croix.com/news/the-rise-of-the-personality-cult-of-xi-jinping/876|title=The rise of the personality cult of Xi Jinping- La Croix International|website=international.la-croix.com|date=March 3, 2015|access-date=July 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726171715/https://international.la-croix.com/news/the-rise-of-the-personality-cult-of-xi-jinping/876|archive-date=July 26, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/08/the-personality-cult-of-xi-jinping-china-leader-communist-party/|title=Behind the Personality Cult of Xi Jinping|last=Zhu|first=Jiayang Fan, Taisu Zhang, Ying|website=Foreign Policy|date=March 8, 2016 |language=en-US|access-date=July 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726173241/https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/08/the-personality-cult-of-xi-jinping-china-leader-communist-party/|archive-date=July 26, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/china/2014/09/18/the-power-of-xi-jinping|title=The power of Xi Jinping|date=September 18, 2014|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=July 26, 2019|issn=0013-0613|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726171710/https://www.economist.com/china/2014/09/18/the-power-of-xi-jinping|archive-date=July 26, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>